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reduce greenhouse gas emissions because we are currently not of Africa and South East Asia led to massive population dis-
on track and more efforts are needed. Record warm years have placement and undermined food security for millions,” he said.
usually coincided with a strong El Niño event, as was the case in
2016. We are now experiencing a La Niña, which has a cooling The 2020 provisional State of the Global Climate report is
effect on global temperatures, but has not been sufficient to put based on temperature data from January to October. The final
a brake on this year’s heat. Despite the current La Niña condi- 2020 report will be published in March 2021. It incorporates
tions, this year has already shown near record heat comparable information from National Meteorological and Hydrological
to the previous record of 2016. 2020 has, unfortunately, been Services, regional and global climate centers and United Na-
yet another extraordinary year for our climate. We saw new ex- tions partners including the Food and Agriculture Organization
treme temperatures on land, sea and especially in the Arctic. of the United Nations (FAO), International Monetary Fund
Wildfires consumed vast areas in Australia, Siberia, the US (IMF), Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNE-
West Coast and South America, sending plumes of smoke cir- SCO (UNESCO-IOC), International Organization for Migration
cumnavigating the globe. We saw a record number of hurricanes (IOM), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP),
in the Atlantic, including unprecedented back-to-back category UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the World
4 hurricanes in Central America in November. Flooding in parts Food Programme (WFP).