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UN: 2017 set to be hottest non-El Nino year

2017 is on track to be the hottest year on record except for two warmed by El Nino phenomena, the UN’s World Meteorological Organisation said Monday.

Sunset on Okavango Delta

See the Big 5 before the climate wipes them out

Most countries cannot afford to keep species alive; they have to pay their own way. Human pressures and the changing climate indicate difficulties.

A boy cools off in a public fountain in Rio de Janeiro

World records are now being broken year after year, but this is nothing to celebrate

No, it’s not the Olympics, it’s the weather. July 2016 is the hottest month in recorded history and people are responsible this unnatural phenomenon.

El Niño is fading but monthly temperatures still reach record highs despite plans

​Earth blasts through more heat records, while research shows governments are not ambitious enough to stop catastrophic warming.

Researchers have found that air pollution from particulate matter is the single greatest threat to human life. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Beyond the inferno: How SA cities must green up or burn out

Our metros are killing us. Poor planning means that the heat islands trap air pollution – but SA’s cities think about ways to bring temperatures down.

2015 on track to be the warmest year on record

Data from the UK Meteorological Office shows that 2015 will surpass last year as the hottest year on record.

CSIR: ‘Drastic’ temperature increases for Africa

South Africa’s most important climate research centre has warned that current temperature projections underestimate the scale of warming this century.

Despite Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s climate change denialism dictating the country’s green policies

Temperatures rising faster in Australia than rest of the world

A recent report painted a worst-case scenario of a rise of up to 5.1°C by 2090 if there are no actions taken to cut greenhouse emissions.

A ‘new state’ for the planet will jeopardise human life

2014 was the hottest year on record, and new research shows humanity is exceeding safe levels of half of the systems that are needed to support life.

It’s official: 2014 was the hottest year ever

Experts say human-driven climate change is the main reason for last year being the most scorching on record.

COP17

COP17, UN climate talks in trouble as time runs out

Ministers fought to save UN climate talks from collapse, searching to narrow differences between rich and poor nations over fighting global warming.