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Asia warming at twice the global average; Sea surface temperature record high in 2024; Marine heatwaves worst on record; Glacier melt accelerated; Floods and droughts destroyed lives and livelihoods
Asia is currently warming nearly twice as fast as the global
average, fuelling more extreme weather and wreaking a heavy toll on the region's economies, ecosystems and societies, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
The WMO's State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report says that 2024 was the warmest or second warmest year on record (depending on the dataset), with widespread and prolonged heatwave and the warming trend between 1991-2024 was almost d...