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2018 set to be among hottest years on record: UN

GENEVA, Nov 29, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Global temperatures in 2018 are set to be
the fourth highest on record, the UN said Thursday, stressing the urgent need
for action to rein in runaway warming of the planet.

In a report released ahead of the COP 24 climate summit in Poland, the
World Meteorological Organization pointed out that the 20 warmest years on
record have been in the past 22 years, and that “2018 is on course to be the
4th warmest year on record.”

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