Key messages
- Long-term warming trend accelerates
- Asia is world’s most disaster-prone region
- Water-related hazards are top threat, but extreme heat is becoming more severe
- Melting glaciers threaten future water security
- Sea surface temperatures and ocean heat hit record highs
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