2024 likely to be 'one of the hottest years', says EU climate observatory

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The World Meteorological Organization's Director of Climate Services warns that 2024 is likely to "be one of the hottest years". Chris Hewitt's comments come as July was revealed as the hottest month ever recorded on Earth, marked by intense heatwaves and wildfires around the world. "We don't see any respite in the current warm conditions" Hewitt says.
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00:00 2024 will probably be one of the hottest years and we'll have to wait and see obviously over
00:04 the coming months just how hot but as I said a few minutes ago so when we look at the seasonal
00:09 forecasts including from ETMWF and the Copernicus Climate Change Service and other centres around
00:14 the world we don't see any respite in the the current warm conditions so we would anticipate
00:21 this to be a warm year.
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