The average global surface temperature in July was 1.12 C above average, making it the warmest July in the 174-year record of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, scientists at the agency said on Monday. As July is the globe's warmest month of the year from a climatological perspective, July 2023 was also likely the Earth's warmest month on record, they said. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced in 2020 that China will peak its carbon emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality before 2060. "The biggest impact of El Nino will actually occur in 2024," Schmidt said at a news briefing. "The bottom line also is that there are no political boundaries and there are no geographical boundaries; we are all in this together."

Source: The North Africa Journal August 15, 2023 17:24 UTC