NNA -nbsp;U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on July 27 pleaded for immediate radical action on climate change, saying that record-shattering July temperatures show Earth has passed from a warming phase into an ldquo;era of global boiling.rdquo;
Speaking in New York, the secretary-general described the intense heat across the Northern Hemisphere as a ldquo;cruel summer.rdquo;
ldquo;For the entire planet, it is a disaster,rdquo; he said, noting that ldquo;short of a mini-Ice Age over the next days, July 2023 will shatter records across the board.rdquo;
ldquo;Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning. The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.rdquo;
res during a summit. File | Photo Credit: AP
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on July 27 pleaded for immediate radical action on climate change, saying that record-shattering July temperatures show Earth has passed from a warming phase into an ldquo;era of global boiling.rdquo;
Speaking in New York, the secretary-general described the intense heat across the Northern Hemisphere as a ldquo;cruel summer.rdquo;
ldquo;For the entire planet, it is a disaster,rdquo; he said, noting that ldquo;short of a mini-Ice Age over the next days, July 2023 will shatter records across the board.rdquo;
ldquo;Climate change is here. It is terrifying. And it is just the beginning. The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.rdquo;
The extreme impacts of climate change have been in line with scientistsrsquo; ldquo;predictions and repeated warnings,rdquo; Guterres said, adding that the ldquo;only surprise is the speed of the change.rdquo;– AFP
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