21 Apr 2021 / 12:30 H.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The year 2020 has been ‘stormy’ for most people around the world. Extreme weather combined with the Covid-19 pandemic delivered a double blow to the global population.
Unlike what many have been led to believe, pandemic-related economic slowdown did not halt climate change drivers – according to the State of the Global Climate 2020 report compiled the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and a network of partners.
Last year was one of the three warmest years on record despite a cooling La Niña event. Global average temperature was about 1.2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850 -1900) level, while the six years since 2015 have been the warmest ever recorded.