World is warming quicker

Global temperatures were stuck at near-record highs in April, the European Union's (EU) climate monitor said yesterday, extending an unprecedented heat streak and raising questions about how quickly the world might be warming.

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The extraordinary heat spell was expected to subside as warmer El Nino conditions faded last year, but temperatures have stubbornly remained at record or near-record levels well into this year.

"And then comes 2025, when we should be settling back, and instead we are remaining at this accelerated step-change in warming," said Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.