The Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update

  • July 12, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Environment

Context:

According to a recent World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report, average global temperature can rise by 1.5°C in next 5 years.

Findings

  • This is significant as the countries under 2015 Paris Agreement had agreed to try and limit the average global temperature rise to below 2°C by the end of the century.
  • If the annual average temperature increase shoots past the 1.5°C-mark more frequently, achieving the Paris targets would be challenging. The last five years have already been the warmest ever recorded, according to WMO.
Environment The Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update