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2023 to be the hottest year ever recorded
BIG TALKS, BUT WHERE'S THE ACTION? Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during the Cop28 UN
NOVEMBER was the sixth month in a row in which a new worldwide heat record was set, making it likely that 2023 will be the hottest year ever recorded, scientists said yesterday.
This comes as the United Nations Cop28 climate conference, taking place in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, nears the end of its first week.
The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said that last month was nearly a third of a degree Celsius warmer than the previous warmest November.
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