Searing heat intensified by global warming has affected tens of millions of people in parts of Europe Asia and North America this month combined with fierce wildfires that have scorched across Canada and parts of southern Europe . July is on track to be the hottest month in recorded history scientists confirmed on Thursday as UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Earth has moved into an era of global boiling .
WMO predicts it is more likely than not that global temperatures will temporarily rise .C above the preindustrial benchmark for at least one of the next five years . They stress however that this would not mark a permanent breach of the .C limit set out in the Paris Agreement which refers to longterm warming .
The WMO has said the eight years to were the warmest on record despite the cooling effects of the La Nina weather pattern. That has now given way to the warming El Nino although this is not expected to strengthen until later in the year. Meanwhile bathtub temperatures in the shallow waters off south Florida potentially set a new world record and threatened coral reefs .
The world will need to adapt to the heat and other impacts already caused by emissions and that carbon pollution must be slashed dramatically this decade to avoid worse in the future. The need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is not a luxury but a must, said WMO SecretaryGeneral Petteri Taalas.
The extreme weather is unfortunately the harsh reality of climate change and a foretaste of the future, said the WMO. The heat can kill. The Extreme weather which has affected many people in July is unfortunately. The weather is not necessarily the harsh weather.
It has been described as ‘dangerous’ and ‘hot water’.
