World Set for Hottest Month Ever as Climate Change Sears Planet
- First 21 days of July were hottest 3 weeks ever: Copernicus
- Extreme weather is the reality of climate change: WMO chief
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July is set to become the world’s hottest month on record, as fossil fuel emissions drive climate change and the increasing intensity of heat waves across the Northern Hemisphere.
The first 21 days of the month were the hottest three-week period on record, with July 6 seeing the highest ever global average temperature, according to the European Union’s Earth observation agency Copernicus.