(MENAFN- AzerNews)
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Friday confirmed
that 2024 the warmest year on record, marking a critical moment in
the global fight against climate change, Azernews
reports via Anadolu Agency.
Based on six independent international datasets, the global
average surface temperature was 1.55C above the pre-industrial
baseline (1850-1900), with a margin of uncertainty of ±0.13C.
The data likely signifies the first calendar year where global
temperatures exceeded 1.5C degrees Celsius (34.7 degrees
Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels -- a symbolic threshold in
the Paris Agreement aimed at limiting global warming.
The findings highlight a decade-long trend of record-breaking
temperatures, with the last 10 years all ranking among the warmest
ever recorded.
WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo stressed the gravity of the
situation. "Climate history is playing out before our eyes. This
extraordinary streak of warming has brought devastating and extreme
weather, rising sea levels, and melting ice, all driven by record
greenhouse gas emissions from human activities," she said.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called the findings a
"cold, hard fact" and urged immediate and decisive action from
world leaders.
"Blazing temperatures in 2024 require trail-blazing climate
action in 2025," he said.“There's still time to avoid the worst of
climate catastrophe, but leaders must act-now.”
Guterres emphasized that surpassing 1.5C in a single year does
not signify the failure of the Paris Agreement's long-term goals,
which assess warming over decades rather than individual years.
He and Saulo underscored that every fraction of a degree of
warming has tangible and worsening consequences for economies,
ecosystems and human lives.
The exceptional heat in 2024 was accompanied by unprecedented
climate effects, including more frequent and intense extreme
weather events, rising sea levels and significant ice melt. The
effects illustrate the urgent need for transformative global
action.
“Every additional increment of warming increases the impacts on
our planet,” said Saulo.“Whether warming is above or below 1.5C in
a given year, the trend is clear: we must act decisively.”
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