Each of the last eight years, if projections for 2022 hold, will be hotter than any prior to 2015, the UN said Sunday, detailing a dramatic increase in the rate of global warming.
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Sea level rise, glacier melt, torrential rains, heat waves, and the deadly disasters they cause, have all accelerated, the UN's weather agency World Meteorological Organization said in a report as the COP27 UN climate summit opened in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
"As COP27 gets underway, our planet is sending a distress signal," said UN chief Antonio Guterres, describing the report as "a chronicle of climate chaos."
