A report compiled by a US government agency has confirmed that 2016 was the warmest year on record and the third year in a row of record global warmth.
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The Trump administration has released a report confirming that 2016 was the hottest year since records began. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a leading environmental agency which is part of the US federal government, found that global temperatures were warmer last year than in 137 years of recordkeeping for a third consecutive year – surpassing the previous record of 2015.
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Former US Vice President Al Gore has said the US will meet the commitments set out by the Paris climate agreement. Speaking to the BBC, Mr Gore said “state governments, local governments and businesses are moving forward with reductions in spite of Donald Trump.”
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The BBC has been criticised for inviting a climate change denier to come on air and voice his belief that global warming isn’t happening. Science broadcasters including Brian Cox and Jim al-Khalili criticised the decision to bring on famous denialist Nigel Lawson, apparently to make sure that there was a balanced debate. Both pointed out that there is very little debate about global warming – an established fact on which almost every mainstream scientist is agreed. Lord Lawson was able to make a number of claims, which went mostly unchallenged. He said, for instance, that the world had actually become colder over the last 10 years – despite the fact that 2014, 2015 and 2016 have been the hottest years on record. Environmental experts including Carbon Brief fact-checked each of the claims and found that none of them were true. But apparently because Lord Lawson had been invited on as an opposing voice in a debate – to follow an interview with Al Gore about his latest climate change film – he was mostly asked to disagree with the science on global warming and his opinions were little picked up on.
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Factcheck: Lord Lawson’s inaccurate claims about climate change on BBC Radio 4. The Today programme, BBC Radio 4’s flagship current affairs breakfast show, featured a prominent five-minute interview this morning with the climate sceptic Conservative peer Lord Lawson. Lawson was asked by the presenter Justin Webb to respond to Webb’s earlier interview with Al Gore. The former US vice president is in the UK promoting his new documentary, The Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, a follow-up to his Oscar-winning film released a decade ago. Lawson, who has a history of controversial appearances on the Today programme, made a number of inaccurate claims throughout his interview. It has already attracted widespread criticism from scientists. Carbon Brief has transcribed and annotated the interview to highlight and contextualise the errors.
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