2021 is the world's fifth hottest year on record

Kim Chappell
Updated January 11 2022 - 12:30pm, first published 12:22pm

While Australia might have seen its coolest year in almost a decade in 2021, the world saw another warm one, making it the fifth hottest year on recorded.

Kim Chappell

Kim Chappell

Senior Producer - Digital

As Senior Producer - Digital for ACM's regional titles I assist newsrooms in digital best practice. Before this role, I was the digital journalist with ACM's national team and prior to that, the digital specialist with ACM's Agricultural division. I started as a general rounds journalist with The Land in 2006, moving up to hold the title of chief of staff before switching to digital reporting in 2015.