The years between 2011 and 2015 were the five hottest on record, a recent study by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has found. The UN body published its detailed analysis of the global climate on Tuesday, showcasing the increasingly visible human footprint on extreme weather and climate events. The record temperatures were accompanied by rising sea levels and declines in Arctic sea-ice and northern hemisphere snow cover. All these climate-change indicators confirmed the long-term warming trend caused by greenhouse gases. According the report carbon dioxide reached the significant milestone of 400 parts per million in the atmosphere for the first time in 2015. The Global Climate 2011-2015 WMO report, which was submitted to the UN climate change conference, also looked at whether human-induced climate change was directly linked to individual extreme events. WMO secretary-general Petteri Taalas said the Paris Agreement was focused on limiting the global temperature increase ...
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