The World Meteorological Organization has announced here at the 22nd annual U.N. climate summit, known as COP 22, that 2016 is very likely to be the hottest year on record—and that the average global temperature this year is 1.2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. That’s only 0.3 degrees Celsius away from the limit of a 1.5-degree rise set by the Paris Agreement in order to avoid catastrophic impacts of climate change. This comes as residents of La Paz, Bolivia, are facing extreme water shortages and rationing as the three dams that supply the city’s water have run almost dry. Scientists say the drought is caused by the rapid retreat of glaciers due to global warming. Over the last three decades, Bolivian glaciers have shrunk more than 40 percent, affecting 2 million people in the region who rely on glacier melt as their water supply.