New data shows global temperatures continue to rise

New data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organisation shows the last decade was the hottest on record, with global temperatures rising 1.4°C.

The increase is approaching the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement.

The World Wildlife Fund warns that South Africans are already feeling the effects of climate change.

Senior Manager James Reeler cites the flooding in Limpopo and Mpumalanga, along with water shortages along the Garden Route, as evidence.

 "What we're seeing now is just a small foretaste of what's to come if we don't stop burning fossil fuels and prepare for the wilder weather of our future climate change," Reeler said.