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"A triple-whammy of hottest years ever recorded threatens “irreversible
damage”, the UN has warned as the world’s nations prepare to meet at the Cop30
climate summit in Brazil.
This year is on course to be the second or third hottest ever, in records that
stretch back 176 years, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. It
means 2023, 2024 and 2025 will be the three hottest on record, demonstrating
that the world is now deep into the climate crisis.
The past 11 years, back to 2015, will also be the 11 warmest years on record.
The WMO said limiting global heating to the Paris agreement target of 1.5C
above preindustrial levels was now virtually impossible, echoing the UN
secretary-general, António Guterres, and the UN Environment Programme (Unep),
who have both said in the past week that the target was now unachievable.
“The unprecedented streak of high temperatures, combined with last year’s
record increase in greenhouse gas levels, makes it clear that it will be
virtually impossible to limit global warming to 1.5C in the next few years
without temporarily overshooting this target,” said Celeste Saulo, the WMO
secretary-general.
“But the science is equally clear that it’s still entirely possible and
essential to bring temperatures back down to 1.5C by the end of the century,”
she said. That would require carbon dioxide to be sucked from the atmosphere,
by growing new forests and using technology to remove and bury the CO₂.
“Each year above 1.5C will hammer economies, deepen inequalities and inflict
irreversible damage,” said Guterres. “We must act now, at great speed and
scale, to make the overshoot as small, as short, and as safe as possible – and
bring temperatures back below 1.5C before the end of the century.” Scientists
worry that overshooting the target could trigger climate tipping points and
cause catastrophic damage."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
