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This year will likely be the warmest on record, with emissions of planet warming gases still rising, while the impacts of warming often outpace the ability of countries to cope.

Trump often soured on appointees who seemed drawn to the limelight during his first term, and even the warmest of relationships could go bad.

The UN's World Meteorological Organization previously said that 2024 is on track to be the world's warmest year on record.

Globally, 2023 was the warmest year on record, external.

It is now "virtually certain" that 2024 - a year punctuated by intense heatwaves and deadly storms - will be the world's warmest on record, according to projections by the European climate service.