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2016: hottest year on record

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2016 hottest year

Published: 21 January 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024


  • 2016 was the hottest year on record globally for the third year in a row. Climate change was the dominant factor in driving the record-breaking heat worldwide.

  • Climate change is worsening heat-related extreme weather conditions in Australia.

  • Increasing extreme heat is damaging to human health, our economy and the environment.

  • Record temperatures across many regions of the world are strongly influenced by climate change.


See: 2016: Global Heat Record Broken Again – Climate Council report 19.01.17
Includes video 'This is not a drill' [1:03]

And see:

How 2016 became Earth’s hottest year on record – Jugal K. Patel – The New York Times 18.01.17
Of the 17 hottest years ever recorded, 16 have now occurred since 2000. Includes remarkable graphics and charts.

Top climate advisors speak out September 6, 2016

The Hansonite revival – ‘post-truth politics’ on the rise? August 9, 2016

Climate change and terrorism November 21, 2015

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