The wmo's interim statement on global climate conditions noted that the average global temperature from January to October 2019 was about 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial period.
Carbon dioxide and sea levels are rising
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations reached record levels in 2018 and continued to rise in 2019, the report said. Studies have shown that carbon dioxide can remain in the atmosphere for centuries and even longer in the oceans, sustaining climate change.
The report notes that sea level rise has accelerated since 1993, when satellite measurements began, because of melting ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. As a buffer for heat and carbon dioxide, the oceans are paying a heavy price. Ocean heat has reached record levels and there has been a widespread ocean heat wave. Seawater is 26% more acidic than it was at the start of the industrial age. Important Marine ecosystems are being degraded.
The daily minimum for Sea ice extent in the Arctic in September 2019 was the second lowest on satellite records, and October was the lowest on record, the report said. In Antarctica, several months in 2019 saw record lows in sea ice extent.
Climate change and extreme weather events are the main drivers of the recent rise in global hunger and are among the main causes of the severe crisis, the report said. After a decade of steady decline, hunger is on the rise again, with more than 820 million people suffering from hunger in 2018. Of the 33 countries affected by the food crisis in 2018, climate change and extreme weather exacerbated economic instability and conflict in 26 countries, and were the main drivers for 12 of the 26.
, the report says, during January to June in 2019 a new territory of more than 1000 displaced persons, 7 million of them caused by disasters, these disasters include cyclone "generations" of southeast Africa and South Asia cyclone "Fanny," the Caribbean hurricane "dorian", and Iran in places such as the flood, the Philippines, and Ethiopia.
According to the report, extreme heat conditions are taking a growing toll on human health and health systems in areas with aging populations, urbanization, urban heat island effects and unequal access to health services. A record number of more than 220 million people over the age of 65 were vulnerable to the heat wave in 2018, compared with the average from the 1986-2005 baseline.
Wmo Secretary-General Taras said, "We are far from on track to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement." If urgent climate action is not taken now, temperature rises will exceed 3°C by the end of the century, with increasing detrimental effects on human well-being.
The climate poses a health threat
On the other hand, a report released by the World Health Organization on Wednesday highlighted the negative health effects of climate change. The report notes that climate poses increasing risks to health, but most countries lack funding for action to protect people's health from the effects of climate change.
The new report USES data from 101 countries cited in the WHO Health and Climate Change Survey 2018. Data show that while countries pay more and more attention to climate change and health problems, and half of those surveyed countries formulate the national institute of health and climate change strategy or plan, but the fear is that only about 38% of the country can implement the strategy of the national plan for the part, only less than 10% of the country to fully implement the strategy of the fund or plan.
Countries struggle to secure international climate finance to protect their people's health, the survey found. More than 75 per cent of surveyed countries reported a lack of information on access to climate finance, more than 60 per cent reported a lack of links between health actors and the climate finance process, and more than 50 per cent reported a lack of capacity to prepare proposals.
Research shows that the health benefits of reducing carbon emissions are worth about twice the cost of implementing these actions at the global level, and that meeting the Paris Agreement goals alone by reducing air pollution could save about 1 million lives a year worldwide by 2050. However, many countries fail to realize this potential.
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