Extreme weather events were 'off the charts' in 2023, according to a new report aiming to send a 'red alert' to the world about the need for action on climate change. Global temperatures broke records 'by a clear margin' last year, United Nations climate scientists have said.
The rate of rise over the last 10 years has more than doubled compared to the decade between 1993 and 2002. Professor Jonathan Bamber, director of the Bristol Glaciology Centre at the University of Bristol, said: 'Sea level rise is one of the most pernicious and certain consequences of global heating. 'Our own research indicates that, if greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, there is a small chance that we could experience up to a two-metre rise by 2100.