If the projections for this year are confirmed, the eight years from 2015 to 2022 will be the warmest ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned this Sunday in a report in which it makes a “chronicle of climate chaos”.
“At the moment COP27 begins, our planet sends a distress signal,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres in a video message broadcast in Sharm el-Sheikh.
This “chronicle of climate chaos” clearly shows that “change is advancing at a catastrophic speed”, devastating lives “on all continents”, he added, calling for a response through “ambitious and credible actions” during the two weeks of this climate conference. in Egypt.
With an estimated average temperature 1.15 °C higher than in the pre-industrial era, the year 2022 is expected to rank “only” as the fifth or sixth warmest year, due to an unusual influence, for the third consecutive year of the phenomenon oceanic. La Niña, which causes a drop in temperatures.
“But this does not change the long-term trend. It is only a matter of time before there is a warmer new year,” insisted the WMO, a specialized agency of the UN.
Policy makers, academics and non-governmental organizations are meeting between now and November 18 in Sharm el-Sheikh for the 27th UN summit on climate change (COP27), to try to stop global warming by limiting global warming to 2ºC (degrees Celsius), and if possible at 1.5ºC, above the average values of pre-industrial times.
Leaders such as the President of the United States, Joe Biden, confirmed their presence, and the Portuguese Government will be represented by the Prime Minister, António Costa.
Source: TSF
