India: Global Warming To New High In Next Five Years; World Meteorological Organization Forecast

New Delhi, 20th May 2023: Global warming may record new highs in the next five years. The 1.5°C limit on temperature increase could breach in the next five years. The World Meteorological Organization predicts a 66 per cent chance that global temperatures will rise by 1.5°C or more in one of the five years between 2023 and 2027.

The World Meteorological Organization released the information in a press release following a study on global warming. The report does not say that the 1.5°C level of long-term warming as stipulated in the Paris Agreement will be reached permanently.

However, it was explained that the World Meteorological Organization is warning that the level of 1.5°C will be broken for a temporary period. El Niño, which will form in the next few months, will cause global warming due to factors such as man-made climate change. It can have adverse effects on the environment, health, food security, and water management. It has been mentioned that it is necessary to be prepared for it.

Last year, the average global temperature recorded in 2022 was 1.15°C higher than the average for the pre-industrial period from 1850 to 1900. After El Niño develops, global warming generally occurs the following year. Therefore, the global temperature is likely to increase in 2024. The temperature record set by a very strong El Niño in 2016 has a 98 per cent chance of being broken in the next five years, the report said.

Temperatures will increase over the next five years, exceeding those recorded during the warmest period from 2018 to 2022. It has also been mentioned that the combined five-year period from 2023 to 2027 could be the hottest ever.