World to face record-breaking warmest year by 2030, warns UN, as UK smashes May temperature records | LBC

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : "Climate change is a global challenge, and Britain will play our part, leading with the best of British science, innovation and clean energy to protect future generations while creating the jobs, investment and energy security we deserve here at home."
54% : New UN climate predictions released on Thursday suggest mean annual temperatures near the earth's surface over the years 2026-2030 will range from 1.3C to 1.9C above the 1850-1900 average.
54% : The analysis from the UN's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UK's Met Office finds an 86% chance that one year between now and 2030 will break the record for the warmest year.
50% : Scientists say warming is currently around 1.4C above pre-industrial levels, measured from a baseline of 1850-1900 before global large-scale burning of fossil fuels took off.
37% : The UN Paris climate treaty agreed in 2015 saw countries commit to action to curb global warming well below 2C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to curb rises to 1.5C in a bid to avoid the worst impacts of rising sea levels, drought, floods, heatwaves and extreme storms brought on by climate change.

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