Yale Climate Connections has posted a blog containing climate-related predictions for the year 2023. Due to the predicted subsiding of the current La Nina, which tends to cool global temperatures, 2023 is expected to be one of the hottest years on record as neutral conditions return to the Pacific Ocean, with an El Nino event potentially beginning in the latter half of the year. On the climate policy side, the Russian war with Ukraine has seen many countries beginning to reduce their reliance on fuel and increase their reliance on solar panels and wind turbines. Experts predict the demand for global fossil fuel will peak and then decline within a few years. Many federal and state climate initiatives are going into effect in 2023 but, with a divided Congress, political experts are pessimistic about the chances of any new climate legislation passing. Read more at Yale Climate Connections.