avoid a climate catastrophe. and to confirm the urgent need for action, the world media organisation has published its annual global climate report stating that the past seven years have been the hottest on record, with far reaching repercussions for current and future generations. our science correspondent rebecca morrell has details. a gloomy start to proceedings in glasgow, but there are high hopes for a sunnier outcome. in a socially distanced conference centre, a reminder we re still in a time of covid, as alok sharma formally takes the reins for what some say is the last chance to save the planet. floods, cyclones, wildfires, record temperatures we know that our shared planet is changing for the worse. and we can only address that together through this international system. the world meteorological organisation warned today that these extremes