"These are more than just statistics," WMO secretary-general Celeste Saulo said in the report. "Every part per million and every fraction of a degree temperature increase has a real impact on our lives and our planet."
From last summer's Canadian wildfires that led to asthma-related emergency room visits in New York City to this fall's unprecedented hurricane that reached into the Appalachian Mountains, it's beyond a shadow of a doubt now that the Earth is suffering under the brunt of our industrial byproducts.
As Saulo pointed out, global decision-makers have missed the mark set by the Paris Agreement that was drafted nearly a decade ago. During that 2015 meeting, world leaders pledged to take measures to limit each country's contribution to global warming - but nine years in, "we are clearly off track."
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