“We just had the hottest five-year period on record, with 2015 claiming the title of hottest individual year. Even that record is likely to be beaten in 2016.”

Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organisation

5 years

between 2011 and 2015 have been the hottest on record, officials at the WMO say

258,000

Deaths in East Africa between 2010 and 2012 can be attributed to the warming trend

$40 billion

Cost of flooding in southeast Asia in 2011 can be attributed to the current trend

8,000

People died in the Philippines when Typhoon Haiyan hit, and its impact was worsened by the warming trend

3.4 degrees C

Warming is expected in 2016, despite the Paris Agreement signed in December last year

12 gigatons

The amount of carbon dioxide countries must cut to east the crisis — the same as taking all of Europe’s cars off the roads for 12 years