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(UNITED NATIONS) By Bünyamin Sürmeli – United Nations – “The urgency for climate action has never been clearer,” the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) said in a tweet posted on its X platform on Thursday. The UNFCCC urged countries to put in place climate plans to keep global warming below the 1.5°C limit.
In the fight to slow global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) also warned on Thursday that “January was the hottest month on record.” January’s global precipitation reached a near-record high after a record wet December. This shows a worrying trend that will continue for much of 2023 and the first month of 2024.
Much of North America, Asia and Australia had wetter than average rainfall, while much of southern Africa and South America experienced a drier than normal January. This imbalance can be interpreted as an indicator of how climate change is affecting global rainfall patterns.
The first month of 2024 continued the record-breaking trend of 2023. New temperature records were set for eight consecutive months and sea surface temperatures reached record highs for 10 consecutive months.
This new data comes from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and the Japan Meteorological Agency. The data will contribute to the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) State of the Climate report to be published next month.
The WMO has confirmed that 2023 will be the hottest year on record so far, driven by human-induced warming and the El Niño effect. These findings serve as a strong warning that the climate crisis needs to be addressed urgently.
