climatechange: Global impacts 'accelerating' - WMO
When it first came out in 1993, carbon dioxide levels were at 357 parts per million in the atmosphere. These have now risen to 405.5ppm and are expected to increase further.
One example is ocean heat content. More than 90% of the energy trapped by greenhouse gases goes into the seas and according to the WMO, 2018 saw new records set for the amount of ocean heat content found in the upper 700 metres of the seas, and also for the upper 2,000 metres. "We know that sea-level rise is a global problem that will not go away, and efforts need to be made to help those who are really vulnerable to adapt to sea-level rise or move to safer areas."According to the report, most of the natural hazards that affected nearly 62 million people in 2018 were associated with extreme weather and climate events.Hurricane Florence and Hurricane Michael were just two of 14"billion dollar disasters" in 2018 in the US.
The report has been launched at a news conference in New York attended by the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres."There is no longer any time for delay," he wrote in a foreword to the new study., indicating that in 2018 carbon emissions were up 1.7%, as a result of the fastest growth in energy use in the last six years.
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