UN chief tells world leaders to face down profiteering fossil fuel industry as record for warmest year to be broken again
UN secretary general Antonio Guterres. Photo: Getty
The record for the world’s warmest year will be broken again in the next few years as countries fail to slow climate change, top scientists have warned.
The warning was issued after the 12th successive month of broken temperature records globally, with several parts of the planet suffering killer heatwaves.
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