The last year was the second hottest on record for the planet's surface, according to NASA and NOAA. The 2010s were the hottest decade ever, according to data released by the UN.
“If we look at all the impacts around the world, it is obvious that we are not succeeding in preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system,” says Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics.
We can expect more extreme weather events globally in the 2020s, it would appear.
