
It was quite the headline this week from the World Meteorological Organization: Global warming of 1.5°C, which the world has been trying to avoid, is all but here.
“Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, fueled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases and a naturally occurring El Niño,” the U.N. agency that specializes in weather predictions said in a climate update, which I first reported on in Wednesday’s CEO Daily.