2015 set to be hottest year: UN

GENEVA: The year 2015 is shaping up to be the hottest on record, the UN’s weather agency said on Wednesday, a week ahead of a crucial climate change summit in Paris.
"2015 is likely to be the hottest year on record, with ocean surface temperatures at the highest level since measurements began," said Michel Jarraud, head of the World Meteorological Organisation.
"This is all bad news for the planet," he added in a statement.
The WMO said data from the first 10 months of the year suggested temperatures over land and sea would tick in at their highest level ever measured this year, after already reaching record highs in 2014.
The UN agency said the preliminary data showed the global average surface temperature has reached "the symbolic and significant milestone" of 1.0 degree Celsius above mid-19th century levels.