UN: global temperatures to stay high despite La Niña

As climate change continues to have a devastating impact across Africa, the United Nations warns that global temperatures will remain above average this year.

Scientists at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) say this is despite the fact that the cooling La Niña phenomenon may return between September and December.

Conditions oscillate between La Niña and its opposite, El Niño, with neutral conditions in between. The WMO says…