Temperature and precipitation records were broken in 2021. In the first six months of 2022, disasters such as floods and floods gave people negative moments, and they continue to do so. Moreover, some authorities are calling for “be prepared”, saying that there will be more such disasters and extreme heat in the future. The Met Office, the UK’s national meteorological service, has created panic around the world with a new report.
THE WORLD IS ON THE BEST OF DISASTER
In the Global climate report prepared in collaboration with the World Meteorological Organization, the Met Office underlined that while emissions have increased rapidly in the last thirty years, global temperatures have responded by increasing step by step.
The world’s average temperature first rose 1 degree Celsius in 2015 above pre-industrial levels, thought to be temperatures recorded in the mid-19th century. This was also the year that political leaders signed the Paris Climate Agreement, committing to continuing efforts to keep the world’s rise in global temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Last November, world leaders reiterated their commitment to keeping the 1.5 degrees target alive at the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
Over the past seven years, the rise in global temperatures has remained around 1 degree Celsius, with 2016 and 2020 essentially the warmest years on record. With just 1 degree Celsius of warming, the world is experiencing major events such as unprecedented forest fires in the US, Europe and Siberia last year, and severe heatwaves currently affecting India and Pakistan, according to scientists.
HIGHLY LIKELY! IT NEVER HAD THIS
On the other hand, the researchers warned that it is very likely that global temperatures will temporarily rise above 1.5 degrees Celsius in one of the next five years. The chances of temporarily exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius in one of the next five years have never been higher.
In addition, the study revealed that temperatures between 2022 and 2026 will be between 1.1 degrees and 1.7 degrees Celsius higher than pre-industrial levels.
Met Office researchers have calculated that the probability of global temperatures exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius for any given year during that 4-year period is about 48 percent.
“I THINK PEOPLE ARE ALREADY VERY CONCERNED ABOUT GLOBAL WARMING AND THAT FEAR IS COMING”
The report’s lead author, Met Office’s Dr. Leon Hermanson, “The main thing that has changed is that carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are slowly rising.” “I think people are already very worried about global warming and this fear is realizing. The study shows that we continue to warm the planet and that we are approaching this first threshold set in the Paris Climate Agreement,” he said.