UN warns of ‘climate hell’ on World Environment Day
- June 5, 2024
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The European Union’s climate change monitoring service reported this on Wednesday. each of the last 12 months has been the warmest ever recorded compared to last year.and the
The European Union’s climate change monitoring service reported this on Wednesday. each of the last 12 months has been the warmest ever recorded compared to last year.and the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres called for action to avoid “climate hell.”
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the average global temperature for the 12-month period to the end of May was 1.63 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average.that makes him warmest since records began in 1940.
This 12-month average does not mean the world has not yet exceeded the 1.5°C global warming threshold.which describes the average temperature over decades, beyond which scientists warn of more extreme and irreversible effects.
Another report from the United Nations World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated that there is an 80% chance that at least one of the next five years will be the first calendar year with average temperatures that temporarily exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levelscompared to 66% last year.
Guterres speaking on the occasion World Environment Day, highlighted how quickly the world is moving in the wrong direction and moving away from stabilizing the climate system. “In 2015, the likelihood of such a gap was almost zero,” he said.
Given the lack of time to change course, Guterres called for a 30% reduction in fossil fuel production and use by 2030.
We need a freeway exit to create climate hell. The battle for 1.5 degrees will be won or lost in the 2020s.
Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary General. | Photo: Reuters.
carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels – the main cause of climate change – reached record levels last year despite global agreements designed to stop their release and the rapid spread of renewable energy sources.
Coal, oil and gas still provide more than three-quarters of the world’s energy, and global oil demand remains high.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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