The United Nations' chief climate scientist says last week's extreme heat in Australia is part of a global warming trend.
More than 250 of the world's top climate scientists are meeting in Hobart on Tuesday for the latest round of climate talks, the ABC reports.
They will prepare the next major report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
IPCC chairman Rajendra Pachauri said the world is on track for a rise in temperature of between 1.1 and 6.4 degrees Celcius.
Mr Pachauri said the recent extreme weather in Australia is consistent with the warming trend being experienced across the globe.
"You're going to get more heatwaves - we already are getting more frequent and more intense heatwaves - and we are also going to get extreme precipitation events.
"If you look at the trend I think that's pretty unmistakable and any proper analysis would tell you we are heading in that direction."
