Organisation: World Meteorological Organization

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<p>United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres: 'The battle to limit temperature rise to 1.5C will be won or lost in the 2020s — under the watch of leaders today.' File photo: AP/Amr Nabil</p>

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World 'needs an exit ramp off the highway to climate hell' after UN report

There is an 80% likelihood that the annual average global temperature will temporarily exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for at least one of the next five years

<p>The increased energy in warmer seas contributes to the formation of more frequent and more powerful storms such as those that lashed Irish coastal counties in recent years. File picture: Gareth Fuller/PA</p>

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Elevated sea temperatures that fuelled record rainfall in Ireland are still far above normal

<p>A fire rages in bushland near the West Australian city of Wannaroo north of Perth in November 2023. Photo: DFES via AP</p>

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World on 'red alert' over the misery and mayhem wreaked by climate change

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Climate change accelerated more in past decade than in any other, new research shows

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Return of hot weather pattern El Niño will exacerbate the effects of climate change, warn experts

Greek Fires Engulf Holiday Resorts On Rhodes Island

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Pádraig Hoare: Climate change deniers are not in retreat

Global warming to bring record hot year by 2028 — probably first above 1.5C limit

An expected El Niño, on top of the overall global warming trend, will likely push the global temperature to record levels, writes Andrew King

Fri, 02 Jun, 2023

'Drier, warmer conditions are definitely on the way for Ireland'

The world is "hurtling headlong into a catastrophe" after new forecasts said that it is almost certain for new record temperatures to be recorded in the next five years and for temperatures to regularly eclipse the crucial 1. 5C mark by 2027.

Thu, 18 May, 2023

Cop27 kicks off as UN warns that rate of sea level rises is doubling

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has travelled to Egypt for the crunch climate event, which will include a focus on the world's most vulnerable nations

Mon, 07 Nov, 2022

A year after IPCC's stark warnings, another month of heatwave and drought awaits

WMO’s regional climate monitoring centres for Europe said that Western and Central Europe will, in the next two weeks, see rainfall of less than 10mm in most parts, except for short thunderstorms.

Wed, 10 Aug, 2022

Human-induced climate change driving record temperatures

The world must wake up to the African drought in Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia, Irish umbrella goup Dóchas has warned.

Tue, 14 Jun, 2022

Humans 'will incinerate our only home', UN chief warns

The past seven years have been the hottest seven years on record.

Wed, 18 May, 2022

Letters to the editor: Should MP’s speak down south?

The people of Northern Ireland are left without any clear voice just as Westminster moves to unilaterally alter the NI protocol against the majority’s expressed wishes

Mon, 16 May, 2022

Ireland vulnerable as critical 1.5°C global warming point looms within five years

The report from the World Meteorological Organization showed that Ireland will be affected by extreme weather events and sea-level rise

Tue, 10 May, 2022

UCC and the United Nations are teaming up under a new water initiative

The United Nations Environment Programme has chosen UCC to lead the way in assisting with their Global Environment Monitoring System for Water, (GEMS/Water).

Tue, 08 Jul, 2014

World 'is getting warmer, faster'

Global warming has accelerated since the 1970s and broken more countries’ temperature records than ever before in the first decade of the new millennium, UN climate experts say.

Wed, 03 Jul, 2013

Early warning system saved thousands

IN THE days and hours before the devastating cyclone that tore through Bangladesh’s coast last week, the performance of the early warning programme was a rare bright spot in a saga of catastrophe, disaster management officials said yesterday.

Sat, 24 Nov, 2007