Despite the lack of an El Niño effect, 2017 is set to be the second or
third hottest year on record; hurricanes unprecedented
in their power pummelled the U.S. and Caribbean; the largest wildfires California has seen burned deep into the Northern Hemisphere winter; scientists warned the «Arctic shows no sign of returning to the reliably frozen region of recent
past decades»; studies revealed an ecological armageddon amongst insect populations; droughts fuelled famine and insecurity across East Africa and the Middle East; the U.N. warned the number of chronically undernourished people has risen for the first
time since the turn of the century due
in large part to climate impacts.
Even with that growth of emissions from 2012 - 2013 by top emitters, if we expand the timescale, their combined emissions have remained the same for the
past decade.3
In that time, the United States peaked its emissions in 2007, and the European Union, the third - largest emitter, saw steady reduction
In that
time, the United States peaked its emissions
in 2007, and the European Union, the third - largest emitter, saw steady reduction
in 2007, and the European Union, the
third - largest emitter, saw steady reductions.
In an interview with The New York
Times, he noted the company would soon institute new policies to cut back on the data given to the
third - party apps that many Facebook users have opted into over the
past decade.