UN's World Meteorological Organization

Asia suffered its hottest year on record in 2020, the United Nations said on Oct. 26 ahead of the COP26 summit, with extreme weather taking a heavy toll on the continent's development.

In its annual "State of the Climate in Asia" report, the UN's World Meteorological Organization said every part of the region had been affected.

This year is on course to be one of the three warmest ever recorded, the United Nations said on Dec. 2, as the UN chief warned the world was on the brink of "climate catastrophe".