Sciences agencies in the U-S and Europe this week released temperature data for 2022, confirming it was among the hottest years on record. By NASA’s figures, it ties for fifth hottest. The world is closing in on the limit of keeping warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels that most countries agreed to. Is it still within reach? The World’s Environment Correspondent Carolyn Beeler reports.
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