Increase in Co2 Concentrations in the atmosphere. The link between c02 and rising temperatures is well established and this year Global Temperatures got an extra boost thanks to el nino, which brings warmer water to the surface of parts of the tropical pacific. That explains why february was 1. 77 degrees warmer than preindustrial temperatures, and why global average temperatures hit a record 1. 55 degrees above preindustrial levels over the last 12 months. It means we have temporarily at least breached the 1. 5 degrees threshold the world agreed to try and limit Temperature Rise to, to avoid the worst impacts of Climate Change. February 2024 was the warmest february on record globally, with an average temperature of 13. 54 degrees, above the 1991 2020 temperature. While this is remarkable, because, for instance, it is a tenth of a degree warmer than the warmest previous february, which was 2016, its not really surprising, because this has been the el nino year, where temperatures tend
conscription to deter vladimir putin. time for a look at the business news now with egon cossou. we start in the uk where the government has unveiled how much companies will have to pay to import certain food from the eu. small imports of things like fish, salami and cheese will attract fees of up to £145 from the end of this month. earlier i spoke to phil pluck. he s the boss of the cold chain federation which represents companies working in the temperature controlled supply chain. i asked him about the impact on food prices. i think it s almost guaranteed to have a negative impact on food prices. food inflation is bound to be affected by the extra cost of administration due to the new food import regulations which are coming in on the 30th of april. so there are two obvious costs. the first cost is actually to the importer, the food producer in europe, they will have to pay for something called an export health certificate issued by a vet to say that their food produce
of a large explosion. explosion there was panic and confusion in the hospital courtyard following the explosion. the news agency associated press, which supplied these pictures, said there was a fire in the area and the remnants of what appeared to be a missile. the hamas run health ministry says 13 people were killed. people sheltering in the grounds also recorded the moment, and its aftermath. israel s military says it is investigating reports that the areas around the hospitals have been struck. it s previously said its forces were operating close to shifa hospital, which it says is above hamas headquarters a claim hamas denies. there was also a series of explosions at the indonesian hospital. it s reported that the hospital was not directly struck but was hit by shrapnel. other hospitals in the territory are also said to be surrounded. the world health organization says 20 hospitals in gaza are now non operational. these pictures are from al rantisi paediatric hospital,
substantial slowdown in activity. on the other hand, we saw things like car building, engineering, putting on activity, so that helped balance things out. we on activity, so that helped balance thins out. ~ . , on activity, so that helped balance thins out. ~ ., , u, things out. we have been covering this a lot. are things expected to pick up? that is a really important question. it is important because the more active the economy is, the more wealth people are able to make by working harder and so forth. mast working harder and so forth. most forecasters working harder and so forth. most forecasters think working harder and so forth. most forecasters think we working harder and so forth. i’l if?3ii forecasters think we will not see any growth in the next few months or so. the bank of england recently said that there will be no growth until 2025, so, quite a long time before we see any growth in the economy, according to most commentators but, importantly, the bank of
claim hamas is controlling panels and fuel storage facilities. the hamas run health ministry in gaza reports there were explosions around al shifa hospital in the early hours of friday morning outside the al shifa hospital. you can see that a great deal of panic and confusion in the hospital courtyard following the explosion. reuters news agency received the pictures from the palestine media group. they have not identified the cause of the explosion but israel military says it is investigating reports of the areas around the hospital have been struck. it has previously said its forces were operating around al shifa hospital where it accuses hamas of concealing some of its command centres. on another line, two humanitarian corridors will open in the territory around on the salah al din road which hundreds of thousands have already used to go south as well as on the coastal al rashid road. many of the people heading out of gaza city are having to do so on foot, leaving their ho