A RED alert has been issued by meteorologists who say the pace of climate change has been turbo-charged in the last decade.
They say ever-increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have accelerated ocean heating, loss of glacial ice and rises in sea level.
The World Meteorological Organisation's stark report came on day one of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan.
It said 2015-2024 is due to be the warmest decade on record, with extreme weather, like Spain's recent floods and America's hurricanes, wreaking havoc on communities and economies across the world.
UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said: "Climate catastrophe is hammering health, widening inequalities, harming sustainable development and rocking the foundations of peace.
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VILLA WON'T BE SQUEAKY BRUM TIME
Captain Callum has no fear of clash in Midlands
OH NO BRUNO
Dessers helps Gers weather the United storm but Phil's battlers are blown away by a late Fernandes sickener
LIMITLESS WINNERS
Celtic's buy-cheap-and-sell-high transfer policy shows the board are diligent and precise in everything they do and selling Kyogo for a massive profit may be unpalatable to some fans but it continues the strategy of maximising the club's returns on the pitch as much as off it
Derek: I Danny see top talent departing soon
DEREK MCINNES is confident Danny Armstrong will still be a Kilmarnock player come the end of the transfer window - and insists he will remain a key man until May. The winger is out of contract in the summer and Hearts - who Killie face tomorrow - are keen on a move.
I'M NOT LEAVING
Ogren remains open to new investment in Tangerines but vows: We are not for sale
Kyo-goes as Jota nears a return
KYOGO FURUHASHI last night departed Celtic to seal his £10million switch to Rennes with former hero Jota on the verge of a sensational return in the opposite direction.
Drivers slam flashy £51k Range Rover
A RANGE Rover costing £51,000 achieved a score of just 57 per cent in a survey of customer satisfaction.
What's the answer to an enigma like big Dessers? Don't sell may just be it
JUST shy of four minutes ... that's how long it took for Old Trafford's billing as a Theatre of Dreams to be bulldozed for Philippe Clement's boys.
From here to paternity for Cabinet's lan
IAN Murray will become the first Cabinet minister to take full paternity leave. Labour's Scottish Secretary is expecting his second child with his wife at the end of the month and will take two weeks off.
Families want jail deaths to bring change
THE families of two young Scots who took their own lives in custody have said their deaths must mark a \"turning point\".
