July is set to be the hottest month on record: Climate action is not a luxury but a must
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Thats according to data released Thursday that was collected by Copernicus, the Earth observation component of the European Unions space program, and supported by the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nations agency for weather, climate and water. The first three weeks of July have been the hottest three-week period on record, according to a joint statement published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization. Anthropogenic emissions are ultimately the main driver of these rising temperatures," Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said in a statement published alongside the announcement. "The onset of El Niño will greatly increase the likelihood of breaking temperature records and triggering more extreme heat in many parts of the world and in the ocean," Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the WMO, said in a statement earlier in July. This month has included heat waves that have baked much of North America, Asia and Europe, and wildfires that are ravaging Canada and Greece, Copernicus and the WMO said.