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<p>Climate change has not stopped for COVID-19. Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere are at record levels and continue to increase. Emissions are heading in the direction of pre-pandemic levels
World Meteorological Orgnisation ('WMO)
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Ozone hole over Antarctic hits record size; need to remain vigilant, says UN climate body
The Antarctic ozone hole has swelled this month to one of its biggest sizes on record, UN and US scientists say, insisting that the Earth-shielding ozone layer remains on track to long-term recovery but
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U.N. climate agency says "Don't panic!" as ozone hole gets wider
The U.N.'s weather and climate agency said on Thursday there was no cause for alarm about a record-size hole this month in the ozone layer, that shields life on earth from the sun, as it should shrink
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WHO wants fast action plan for climate change
A new WHO report has called for an urgent need to reduce emissions of black carbon, ozone and methane — as well as carbon dioxide — which all contribute to climate change. Frequently described as short-lived
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South Korean climate change expert is the new IPCC chief
South Korean climate change expert, Hoesung Lee, was on late Tuesday nightelected as the new chief of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), succeeding R K Pachauri who had to resign from
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Global warming hiatus could be coming to an end: UK’s Met Office
Record temperatures and changes to climate patterns in the world’s oceans are among signs that a global warming pause is coming to an end, Britain’s Met Office said in a report on Monday. The report
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Global warming alert as El Niño returns with a vengeance
The world is starting to heat up again, say British scientists, raising speculation that a 15-year slowdown in the rate of global warming could be coming to an end. A pause in the rate of global temperature
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India's monsoon rains seen falling short of previous forecast
India's monsoon rains are likely to be below the prior forecast of 88 percent of the long-term average, the weather office chief said, which could make it the driest year since 2009 and worsen rural distress
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First half of 2015 "hottest six months on record": WMO
BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhuanet) -- The globally averaged temperature over land and ocean surfaces for January to June 2015, as well as for the month of June, was the hottest such period on record, WMO reported
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Scientists point to narrowing gap to avert climate disaster
PARIS: Nearly 2,000 climate scientists gathered in Paris on Tuesday, just five months before the deadline for a historic carbon-curbing pact, to remind politicians it is not too late to limit dangerous
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Weather alerts across western Europe as heatwave sets in
Spell of sweltering weather expected to last several days as temperatures hit 40C and UN urges countries to develop better warning systems European countries including France, Spain, Italy and Britain