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WMO confirms 2023 as warmest year on record ‘by a huge margin’
With the yearly average global temperature fast approaching the critical threshold of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, last year officially smashed the global temperature record, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) confirmed last week.