By Ben Aris in Berlin Last year was the hottest on record with most of the year posting temperatures of 1.5C above the long-term pre-industrial baseline. This year is going to be worse as temperature records around the world were smashed in just the last week and the annual disaster seaason of extreme weather gets under way. By April 7 a total of 108 countries, almost half of the world’s nations, had broken monthly records. From Berlin to Phuket, city after city is recording all-time high temperatures as records tumble on a daily basis. As bne IntelliNews reported in February, climate alarm be…