Last 12 months on Earth were ‘hottest on record’

A young person enjoys the hot weather on Deal beach in Kent in early September (PA)

The last 12 months were the hottest Earth has recorded, according to a new report by Climate Central, a nonprofit science research group.

The peer-reviewed report says burning petrol, coal, natural gas and other fossil fuels that release planet-warming gases like carbon dioxide, and other human activities, caused the unnatural warming from November 2022 to October 2023.