UN: World could hit 1.5-degree warming threshold by 2024
By NADINE ACHOUI-LESAGE and FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The world could see annual global temperatures pass a key threshold for the first time in the coming five years, the U.N. weather agency said Thursday. The World Meteorological Organization said forecasts suggest there's a 20% chance that global temperatures will be 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) higher than the pre-industrial