1/10 - 'Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years'
\'Global temperatures set to reach new records in next five years\'
2/10 - Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years
Global temperatures are likely to surge to record levels in the next five years, making 2023-27 the warmest five-year period ever recorded, and there is a 98% chance of at least one in the next five years beating the temperature record set in 2016.
3/10 - Temperature surge will be fuelled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHG)
It noted that the temperature surge will be fuelled by heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHG) and a naturally occurring El Niño (unusual warming of surface waters in eastern Pacific Ocean) weather pattern.
4/10 - Global temperature between 2023, 2027, will “temporarily” be more than 1.5 degree Celsius
The WMO in its new state of climate update, released in Geneva, also said there is a 66% chance that the annual average near-surface global temperature between 2023 and 2027, will “temporarily” be more than 1.5 degree Celsius.
5/10 - Surface temperature for each year is predicted to be between 1.1 degree C and 1.8 degree C
The annual mean global near-surface temperature for each year between 2023 and 2027 is predicted to be between 1.1 degree C and 1.8 degree C higher than the 1850-1900 average.
6/10 - We will breach the 1.5 degree C level on a temporary basis
WMO is sounding the alarm that we will breach the 1.5 degree C level on a temporary basis with increasing frequency, said Petteri Taalas, secretary-general, WMO.
7/10 - A warming El Niño is expected to develop in the coming months
A warming El Niño is expected to develop in the coming months and this will combine with human-induced climate change to push global temperatures into uncharted territory.
8/10 - Reduce global GHG gas emissions to limit the global temperature
The Paris Agreement sets long-term goals to guide all nations to substantially reduce global GHG gas emissions to limit the global temperature increase in this century to 2 degree C.
9/10 - Climate-related risks for natural and human systems would be higher for global warming
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) also warned that the climate-related risks for natural and human systems would be higher for global warming of 1.5 degree C than at present, but lower than at 2 degree C.
10/10 - GHG also leads to more ocean heating and acidification
Besides increasing global temperatures, human-induced GHG also leads to more ocean heating and acidification, sea ice and glacier melt, sea level rise and more extreme weather.
