Thread by @StottPeter

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During #ClimateChangeTheFacts I’ll provide some further information as background to statements I make in the BBC’s documentary on climate change bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07…

The 20 warmest years on record have occurred in the past 22 years. WMO Statement on global climate is available here public.wmo.int/en/media/press…

The warming trend cannot be explained by natural factors but is caused by human activities. @CarbonBrief explains how
carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-s…

One degrees Celsius may not sound like much but it’s having a dramatic effect on our weather. This graphic from @CarbonBrief shows human influence on extreme weather events carbonbrief.org/mapped-how-cli…

Human-induced climate change made the 2018 record-breaking UK summer temperatures about 30 times more likely @MetOffice_Sci. More details here metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/press… and metoffice.gov.uk/research/libra…

Scientists have shown that it’s simply inconceivable that you would see these temperatures without the fact of climate change. Analysis from Australian scientist @aviandelights here
sophieclewis.com/2019/01/31/aus…

Research has shown that the chances of having these very hot, dry conditions conducive to fire has increased as a result of climate change. Analysis for the US is here c2es.org/content/wildfi…

It really becomes difficult to see at such levels of warming how we’re going to maintain our agriculture such that the population of the world can actually feed itself. Analysis by @MetOffice_Sci on impacts on agriculture here metoffice.gov.uk/food-insecurit… #ClimateChangeTheFacts