U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the impacts of climate change are “heading into uncharted territories of destruction” after a multi-agency scientific report reviewing the latest climate change research..The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) “United in Science” report on climate change warns that the planet is “going in the wrong direction.”. Pakistan flood children 2022 .The report states greenhouse gas concentrations are rising in the atmosphere and world leaders are not adopting strategies to hold global warming below the 1.5 C above the pre-industrial temperatures threshold..“The earth is inching closer to dangerous climate tipping point… Already, extreme weather events are more frequent and more intense,” said the report..In a video message, Guterres highlighted “unnatural” disasters happening across the planet..“Heatwaves in Europe. Colossal floods in Pakistan… There is nothing natural about the new scale of these disasters,” said Guterres..Emissions went down during the COVID-19 lockdowns, but the “planet-warming emissions soared beyond pre-pandemic levels.”.Comparing global carbon dioxide emissions in the first half of 2022 to the first half of 2019 levels, the 2022 level is 1.2% higher..The report said the “past seven years were the warmest on record.”.The global average temperature warmed to 1.1 C above the pre-industrial average and scientists expect the average temperature to be between 1.1 C and 1.7 C by 2026, meaning the planet could pass the 1.5 C threshold within five years..Without “aggressive climate action, global warming is estimated to reach 2.8 C” by the end of the century.. Paris heatwave 2022 .The report uses the ocean current as an example; the current moves “heat from the tropics into the northern hemisphere … is now at its slowest in 1,000 years jeopardizing historic weather patterns.”.Half the planet’s population lives in areas “considered highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change — floods, heat, drought, wildfires, and storms.”.The report said that “by the 2050s, over 1.6 billion city-dwellers will regularly swelter through three-month average temperatures of at least 35 C.”.The WMO is putting in an early warning system within the next five years for the planet to help “communities cope” with increased temperatures.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the impacts of climate change are “heading into uncharted territories of destruction” after a multi-agency scientific report reviewing the latest climate change research..The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) “United in Science” report on climate change warns that the planet is “going in the wrong direction.”. Pakistan flood children 2022 .The report states greenhouse gas concentrations are rising in the atmosphere and world leaders are not adopting strategies to hold global warming below the 1.5 C above the pre-industrial temperatures threshold..“The earth is inching closer to dangerous climate tipping point… Already, extreme weather events are more frequent and more intense,” said the report..In a video message, Guterres highlighted “unnatural” disasters happening across the planet..“Heatwaves in Europe. Colossal floods in Pakistan… There is nothing natural about the new scale of these disasters,” said Guterres..Emissions went down during the COVID-19 lockdowns, but the “planet-warming emissions soared beyond pre-pandemic levels.”.Comparing global carbon dioxide emissions in the first half of 2022 to the first half of 2019 levels, the 2022 level is 1.2% higher..The report said the “past seven years were the warmest on record.”.The global average temperature warmed to 1.1 C above the pre-industrial average and scientists expect the average temperature to be between 1.1 C and 1.7 C by 2026, meaning the planet could pass the 1.5 C threshold within five years..Without “aggressive climate action, global warming is estimated to reach 2.8 C” by the end of the century.. Paris heatwave 2022 .The report uses the ocean current as an example; the current moves “heat from the tropics into the northern hemisphere … is now at its slowest in 1,000 years jeopardizing historic weather patterns.”.Half the planet’s population lives in areas “considered highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change — floods, heat, drought, wildfires, and storms.”.The report said that “by the 2050s, over 1.6 billion city-dwellers will regularly swelter through three-month average temperatures of at least 35 C.”.The WMO is putting in an early warning system within the next five years for the planet to help “communities cope” with increased temperatures.
