World Meteorological Organisation urges world leaders to ratify Paris Agreement to avert climate disaster

Madeleine Cuff
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Call for action comes amid stark warning that 2015 broke record after record for being the hottest, driest and wettest year on record

Some of the world's foremost meteorologists have issued an urgent appeal for world leaders to ratify the Paris Agreement as soon as possible to protect the planet from runaway global warming. The stark...

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