This year is 10th warmest since 1850, and highest ever in a year which experienced a La Niña event, a meteorological phenomenon which is supposed to have a cooling influence on Earth’s atmosphere, Further, this decade which incorporates La Nina is the warmest ever, or at least since record keeping. This was Report of the UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) issued during the Durban (South Africa) Climate Change Conference. Read: - “ Durban Conference Dims Environment Prospects” - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/durban-conference-dims-environment-prospects-by-ambassador-mo/42095 All Since 1997? The Report highlights that the 13 warmest years have all occurred after 1997, and the period between 2002 and 2011 is the warmest-ever decade, registering 0.46 degrees Celsius above the long-term average. See FILM REPORT –“Red Hot Global Temperatures” - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/movie/red-hotglobal-record-temperatures/24139 . Report also points to high concentrations of greenhouse gases that are pushing average global temperatures closer to surpassing the recommended two degree Celsius target, which could trigger irreparable changes on the planet. According to Michael Jarraud of the WMO: “Concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached new highs. They are very rapidly approaching levels consistent with a rise of 2 to 2.4-degree Centigrade rise in average global temperatures which scientists believe could trigger far-reaching and irreversible changes in our Earth, biosphere and oceans” Read: “Climate Change Efforts Inadequate” - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/climate-change-efforts-inadequate-by-ambassador-mo/38284 More Extreme Extremes! The WMO points to 2011 as heavily influenced by La Niña which developed in the tropical Pacific at the end of last year and continued until May. “Scientists have closely linked this event with the droughts in East Africa as well as in islands in the central equatorial Pacific and the southern part of the United States. It is also associated with the floods in Southern Africa, Southern Asia, eastern Australia and Central and South America.” Read: “More Floods-Climate Change” - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/films/blog_post/more-floods-climate-change-by-ambassador-mo/3842 By Ambassador Muhamed Sacirbey Facebook – Become a Fan at “Diplomatically Incorrect” Twitter – Follow us at DiplomaticallyX More at “Ecology-Diplomat” Channel - diplomaticallyincorrect.org/c/ecology-diplomat