Mail and Guardian: The United Nations' World Meteorological Organisation said in its annual report on Monday that 2013 continued what is a long-term trend of the world getting warmer. The year saw floods, droughts, record-breaking heat and generally extreme weather events around the world.
Michel Jarraud, the organisation's secretary general, said in the report: "Many of the extreme events of 2013 were consistent with what we would expect as a result of human-induced climate change."
This was evident in more...