The remarkable
global heat experienced in 2015 is not yet over and already forecasters
are predicting next year will be hotter again - marking three years in a row of
record annual warmth.
The prediction, by Britain's Met Office, for the possibility
of a trio of record-breaking years comes just days after almost 200 nations
agreed in Paris to a new global agreement to tackle climate change.
Under the pact, to take effect from 2020, nations would
review efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions every five years with the aim
of keeping temperature increases to "well below 2 degrees" of
pre-industrial levels.
The Met Office's release on Thursday of its annual global
temperature forecast comes as south-eastern Australia swelters in what is
expected to be record early-season heat.
Read the Melbourne Age story
- “You think this year is hot? 2016 tipped to break annual global heat records again.”
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