Changing Priorities in Climate Change Research and Adaptation Policy

This month is likely to be one of the hottest on record, with a very strong El Niño adding to more than a century of global warming. Two of the five global temperature indices already broke records in October 2015 (NASA-GISS and NCDC), and the remaining three also show a clear upward jump due to the strong El Niño this Christmas (see www.climate4you.com for up-to-date climate indicators).