Report finds world is getting hotter

The world is getting hotter, and increasing temperatures are expected to amplify floods, droughts and other extreme weather patterns around the planet.That’s the conclusion of a UN report released Tuesday to coincide with this week’s major climate conference taking place in Durban, South Africa.

The World Meteorological Organisation, part of the United Nations, said the warmest 13 years of average global temperatures have all occurred in the 15 years since 1997.

“I think we are seeing the effects of a change in climate”, saysTim Aldred, Head of Policy at UK based Catholic Development Agency Progressio.

He added “I think certainly for the poorest communities around the world that there is a lot of clarity that the climate is changing, it’s changing for the worst and that action is required and that it’s a matter of justice.

Mr Aldred also told Lydia O’Kane that he was very encouraged to see Pope Benedict speaking regularly about the importance of addressing this urgent ecological crisis. Listen