The UN summarizes climate science by saying that things are going wrong.

In a new report that compiles the most recent climate change research, the United Nations claims that the world is "going in the wrong direction"

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with weather disasters costing $200 million every day and an impending climate catastrophe.

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In its most recent stern statement regarding global warming, the WMO claimed weather-related catastrophes have multiplied by five over the past 50 years,

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killing an average of 115 people every day, and the situation is only going to get worse.

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In order to blame fossil fuels, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres referenced the floods in Pakistan,

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the heat waves in Europe, and the droughts in areas like China, the Horn of Africa, and the United States.

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The new magnitude of these catastrophes is not natural. They are the cost of humanity's addiction to fossil fuels, he said.

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The study was based on information gathered by multiple U.N. agencies and partners estimated that there is a 48% possibility that the rise in global temperature

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over pre-industrial levels will surpass 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) in the following five years.

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There is a 93% likelihood that one of the following five years will break records for heat.

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