1.5C Climate Threshold Imminent: WMO and UN Warn of Impending Global Warming Crisis
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that global temperatures are now more likely than not to breach 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming within the next five years, with a 66% chance of temporarily reaching 1.5C by 2027. This is the first time in history that it's more likely than not that we will exceed 1.5C. The El Niño weather pattern expected to develop in the coming months will combine with human-induced climate change to push global temperatures into uncharted territory. The WMO also found a 98% chance that one of the next five years will be the hottest on record, surpassing 2016 which saw global temperature impacted by about 1.3C of warming.
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