AusSMC BRIEFING: WMO release global temperature data – how is 2015 stacking up?

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2015-11-26 10:30

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Recording now available in links section. *Online Briefing - Thursday November 26 at 09:30 AEDT* The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) will release a provisional statement on the Status of Global Climate with early results suggesting 2015 is likely to be the hottest year on record. The statement is being released ahead of the COP21, the U.N. climate change conference in Paris, which begins on Monday. This briefing will look at the global report from an Australian context, including significant climate events from the past five years.

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From: Australian Science Media Centre

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) will release a provisional statement on the Status of Global Climate with early results suggesting 2015 is likely to be the hottest year on record. The statement is being released ahead of the COP21, the U.N. climate change conference in Paris, which begins on Monday. This briefing will look at the global report from an Australian context, including significant climate events from the past five years.

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Dr Karl Braganza is Head of Climate Monitoring at the Bureau of Meteorology

DATE: Thu 26 November
START TIME: 9:30 am AEDT
DURATION: Approx. 30 min

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