In his recent study “State of the world climate 2022“, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated that The period from 2015 to 2022 was the hottest on record to date.
The report focuses on the main climatic indicators, such as the temperatures, greenhouse gases, sea level rise, heat and ocean acidificationas well as the sea ice and glaciers.
The document, which also highlights the effects of climate change and adverse weather conditions, shows changes on a planetary scale both on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere that were caused by record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases.
As for the global temperature, the years 2015-2022 were the eight warmest on recorddespite the increase in power the girl in the last three years”.
“He melting of glaciers and rising sea levelsar, which reached record levels again in 2022, will continue for thousands of years”, adds the study.
For his part, WMO Secretary General Peterri Taalas said that while greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and the climate continues to changepopulations around the world continue to be severely impacted by extreme weather and climate events.
“In 2022, the drought continues in East africarecord rainfall in Pakistan and unprecedented heat waves in china and europe affected millions of people, caused food insecuritythey fueled mass migration and cost billions of dollars in loss and damage,” Taalas said.
“Currently, about a hundred countries do not have adequate meteorological services. To achieve this ambitious task, it is necessary improve observation networks and invest in capabilities early warninghydrological and climate services”, concluded the specialist.
for his partUN Secretary General António GuterresWe warn that “although the tools, knowledge and solutions exist to face this problem, we must pick up the pace. We need accelerated climate action with reductions in Deeper and faster emissions parachute limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius”.
“We also need a massive increase in investments in adaptation and resilience, specially for the most vulnerable countries and communities, which are the ones that have contributed the least to the crisis and this global warming that is affecting the entire planetGuterres concluded.
