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What is climate change adaptation? Why is it so urgent? What are the challenges and solutions? Learn the answers to these and more in @UNDP's latest back-to-basics explainer. ow.ly/zRR550RqLEe

El Niño conditions during the 2nd half of 2023 contributed to a record-warm year and exacerbated many extreme events; combined with rising temperatures and more frequent and extreme hazards due to human-induced climate change. #StateOfClimate. Learn more: bit.ly/4dw54pG pic.twitter.com/QUdoz6Nr22

2023 saw record climatic hazards in Latin America & the Caribbean, according to a new @WMO report. Yet another reminder of the urgent need for #ClimateAction & the importance of early warning systems to provide protection from hazardous weather & climate. wmo.int/news/media-centre/el-nino-and-climate-change-impacts-slam-latin-america-and-caribbean-2023?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=PressRelease&utm_campaign=PressRelease&utm_id=PressRelease

Again, last month was the warmest on record globally in the GISTEMPv4 dataset for the month of April... #ClimateChange [(Preliminary) data/info: data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/faq/] pic.twitter.com/DjEuODYNj6