The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet's land and oceans as the rate of climate change "increased alarmingly", according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization. A report released Tuesday at the COP28 conference in Dubai found that rising concentrations of planet-warming pollution in the atmosphere drove record land and ocean temperatures and dramatic glacier loss and sea level rise during the period. This year is expected to be the end of six months of record global temperatures the warmest year. Scientists say this year's exceptional warmth is the result of a combination of effects of El Niño and human-caused climate change caused by planet-warming fossil fuel pollution. A separate analysis released Monday by the Global Carbon Project found that carbon pollution from fossil fuels is on track to hit a new record in 2023 — 1.1 % higher than in 2022. (Authors: Laura Paddison a Brandon Miller , CNN)