(Bloomberg) — Drought in California and Brazil, the U.K.'s wettest winter and floods in the Balkans are among the extreme weather patterns that marked what's on track to be the hottest year ever recorded.
Temperatures this year are on course for their highest globally since records began, with oceans bearing the brunt of the heat and the U.S. and Canada spared the worst, according to the World Meteorological Organization.
"More and more people around the world are confronted with catastrophic climate change," Martin Kaiser, head of climate politics at the environmental group Greenpeace, said at a United Nations conference in Lima working to limit greenhouse gases. "The trend is worsening. We need to get policies in place at all levels and act as fast as possible."
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