United Nations, July 28 (RHC)-- New climate data show July is on track to become the hottest month in human history, with global temperatures rising to about 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, above pre-industrial levels. 

On Thursday, the head of the World Meteorological Organization said: “Climate action is not a luxury but a must,” while U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres scolded world leaders over inaction on the climate.
Guterres said: “Climate change is here, it is terrifying, and it is just the beginning.  The era of global warming has ended; the era of global boiling has arrived.  The air is unbreathable, the heat is unbearable, and the level of fossil fuel profits and climate inaction is unacceptable.”

The UN’s warning came as hundreds of wildfires fueled by record heat continued to burn out of control around the Mediterranean — in Algeria, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia and Turkey.

In China, Typhoon Doksuri made landfall on Friday in the southeastern Fujian province, sparking fires, downing power lines and shuttering schools and businesses.  On Thursday, the storm lashed southern Taiwan after battering the northern Philippines, where it killed at least 39 people.