The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation has issued a “red alert” on the climate crisis, citing unprecedented increases in 2023 in greenhouse gases (GHGs), land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice. Global efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate, said WMO. WMO’s State of Global Climate Report confirms that 2023 was hottest year on record by a clear margin. Records were broken for ocean heat, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice loss and glacier retreat. Heatwaves, floods, droughts, wildfires and rapidly intensifying tropical cyclones caused misery and mayhem, upe…