'Earth's issuing a distress call': UN issues 'red alert' on climate change after record-hot 2023
World | March 20, 2024 15:04 ISTA report by the World Meteorological Organisation said the climate goal of limiting global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius is in increasing jeopardy and efforts for a solution have been inadequate. The 12-month period from March 2023 to February 2024 averaged 1.56 degrees beyond the limit.