2023-05-20 12:40:43
In a new warning of the growing threat of global warming, the World Meteorological Organization has sounded the alarm, warning that the world will witness record temperatures, the highest in history, during the five years from 2023 to 2027.
According to the scientific study prepared by the United Nations, touching the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius, which is expected during these years, will have serious consequences, and the world will enter an “unknown area.”
“Shocking” proportions
There is a 66 percent chance that the annual average global near-surface temperature will exceed pre-industrial levels by 1.5°C in at least one year from 2023 to 2027.
It is 98 percent likely that at least one of these years will be the “hottest year on record”.
“This report does not mean that we will permanently exceed the 1.5°C threshold specified in the Paris Agreement, which indicates long-term warming for many years,” said Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the Organization. Temporarily, but with increasing frequency.
“Global temperatures are expected to rise to unprecedented levels, and this rise will have serious consequences for health, food security, water management and the environment, so we must be prepared,” Taalas added.
Ayman Qaddouri, a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature, environmental expert, told Sky News Arabia: “This year, the world is waiting for the birth of a new era for the (El Nino) phenomenon, which has been absent from global weather for 3 years, during which the older sister, La Nina, dominated. Which was distinguished for its contribution to mitigating the impact of global warming through the cooling process resulting from the movement of cold water in the equatorial part of the Pacific Ocean from the cold coasts of South America east of the ocean.
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