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Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), says it is virtually certain that the high temperatures in July mean that "the month as a whole will become the warmest July on record, the warmest month on record". The top 21 hottest days have "all occurred this month", he adds. SOUNDBITE
A representative from the UN's World Meteorological Organization announces during a UN briefing that a new record-high temperature in the Arctic has been recognised, confirming a reading in Siberia last year of 38 degrees Celsius (100.4 degrees Fahrenheit). SOUNDBITE
The years from 2015 to 2021 are on track to be the seven hottest on record, the secretary-general of the World Meteorological Organization says during a press conference at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow. SOUNDBITE
Days before international climate talks will take place in Paris, a United Nations agency has announced that climate change is to blame for extreme weather this year, and temperatures have reached record-breaking highs.
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a forecast on Monday stating that this year’s El Nino is growing stronger and is expected to become the worst ever recorded.