The U.N. weather agency warned Tuesday the climate crisis is “the defining challenge” of our age, urging immediate action to curb global warming.
In its State of the Global Climate report, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said the year 2023 “broke every single climate indicator” and was “by far the warmest year on record.”
“Never have we been so close” to the 1.5° C lower limit of the Paris Agreement on climate change, the report laments, since the global average temperature in 2023 was 1.45° C above the pre-industrial average.
The report is meant to “raise awareness of the vital need to scale up the urgency and ambition of climate action,” according to WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo.
WHAT YEAR IS IT, JOE? While giving a speech on his administration's efforts to address "climate change," President Joe Biden pledged to hit conservation goals by the year 2020. "We're on our way!" he exclaimed. pic.twitter.com/VMANFraa97
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