In mid-May, the UN warned that the period 2023-2027 will almost certainly be the hottest ever recorded on earth, under the combined effect of greenhouse gases and the El Niño weather phenomenon, which make temperatures rise.
Global temperatures should soon exceed the most ambitious target of the Paris climate accords, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned.
Other Asian countries have already experienced record-breaking, deadly heatwaves this year.
The 2015 Paris Agreement seeks to contain the increase in the average temperature of the planet below 2°C in relation to the pre-industrial levels of 1850 to 1900 and if possible to 1.5°C in relation to those same levels