The year 2015 is likely to be the warmest on record, according to a report released by the UN weather agency on Wednesday. Meanwhile, the global average surface temperature in 2015 is to reach the symbolic and significant milestone of 1 degree celsius above the pre-industrial era, according to the five-year analysis by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). “This is due to a combination of a strong El Niño weather pattern and human-induced global warming, according to the Organization,” Farhan Haq, the deputy UN spokesman, said at a daily news briefing here. According to the report, the 2011-2015 five-year period has also been the warmest, with many extreme weather events, especially heatwaves, substantially exacerbated by human-induced climate change, in some cases by a factor of 10 or more, according to the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The report came at a time […]