The highly anticipated Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update for 2023-2027 has just been released. 

Startling findings show that there is a significant chance that one of the next five years will surpass the scorching temperatures of 2016, becoming the hottest year on record and it predicts that the upcoming five-year period as a whole could witness the highest temperatures ever documented over a five-year span.

For more, KCBS Radio's Dan Mitchenson spoke with Barry Vesser, Chief Operating Officer of The Climate Center, a climate and energy policy nonprofit working to rapidly reduce climate pollution.