SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- The past eight years were on track to be the warmest on record, a U.N. agency said in a report published on the opening day of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.
Report comes as COP27 climate summit starts in Egypt

The World Meteorological Organization says ambitions to limit global warming to 1.5 C above preindustrial averages are now "barely within reach." © Reuters
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt -- The past eight years were on track to be the warmest on record, a U.N. agency said in a report published on the opening day of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.