evidence: "Greenhouse gas levels are record high. Global temperatures are record high. Sea level rise is record high. Antarctic sea ice is record low. It’s a deafening cacophony of broken records," said WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas. [...] "Extreme weather is destroying lives and livelihoods on a daily basis – underlining the imperative need to ensure that everyone is protected by early warning services," said Prof. Taalas. [...] June, July, August, September and October 2023 each surpassed the previous record for the respective month by a wide margin in all datasets used by WMO for the climate report. July is typically the warmest month of the year globally, and thus July 2023 became the all-time warmest month on record.