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

Because we are warming the world so quickly, more heat records are being set globally and at the local level. File picture

One year in the next five will almost certainly be the hottest on record and there is a two-in-three chance a single year will cross the crucial 1.5C global warming threshold, an alarming new report by the World Meteorological Organization predicts.

The report, known as the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, warns if humanity fails to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero, increasingly worse heat records will tumble beyond this decade.