This year set to be one of four hottest on record, UN report says
- On Monday, the World Meteorological Organisation warned that a Super El Niño is 'off the charts,' with global temperatures reaching about 1.47°C above pre-industrial averages as the phenomenon 'supercharges' weather patterns.
- El Niño is a recurring climate phenomenon across the tropical Pacific that shifts irregularly every two to seven years, triggering predictable disruptions of temperature, winds, and precipitation.
- Extreme weather has already caused devastating impacts: more than 30,000 excess deaths in Europe, 1,300 deaths from Himalayan flash floods in Nepal, and 146.5 million people in India exposed to extreme heat.
- The El Niño Heat Mortality Tracker reveals an extra 370,000 lives could be at risk over the next six months, with Nigeria, India, and Brazil forecast to bear the brunt of the crisis.
- Countries are gathering in Turkey from November 9 to 20 for climate talks, where the WMO State of the Climate report will provide essential data to inform international discussions.
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UVic study finds world already experiencing warming equivalent to 1.5 C climate threshold
New research from the University of Victoria suggests the world is already experiencing warming levels equivalent to those associated with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 C climate target.
3.3 degrees in the Arctic, more than 2 degrees in Europe, 1 degree in New Zealand: Researchers have calculated how high global warming is in different regions and when the 1.5 degree target is tossed by Paris.
One study warns that if emissions continue to be high, the planet will reach the limit of 1.5 °C by 2029 and 2 °C by 2042.
Heat waves, floods, melting glaciers - climate change has long been noticeable. A new process now also provides precise data on the state of global warming for the first time. Accordingly, the 1.5-degree mark is torn far earlier than expected.
World entering ‘age of climate extremes’ – UN chief
THE world is entering a new reality where climate extremes are the norm, the United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned Monday, urging leaders at the COP31 climate conference in Turkey to “get serious.”“A supersized El Niño is colliding with a planet already superheated by manmade climate change,” the UN secretary-general said in a statement. “We have entered a new age of climate extremes.”As leaders gathered in Antalya for the UN climate summ…
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