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2008 is the tenth warmest year on record
16 December 2008
Responding to today's preliminary report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) which says that the global mean temperature for 2008 is the tenth warmest since records began in 1850, Friends of the Earth's climate campaigner, Robin Webster, said:
"Evidence that humans are changing the climate is indisputable."
"The industrialised world must cut its emissions by at least 40 per cent by 2020 if we are to avoid catastrophic climate change."
"We need bold political leadership - but last week Europe watered down its climate change strategy and little progress was made at the international climate talks."
"2009 is a critical year. The planet is heating up - the world mustn't go cold on the need for urgent action."
1. www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2008/pr20081216.html
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Last modified: Dec 2008
