Cop28, 2023 has smashed every climate record:“The trend must be reversed”

The warning is from the World Meteorological Organization:never so hot, greenhouse gases increase and ice decreases

ROME - 2023 will be remembered as the year that broke every climate record, due to the extreme weather conditions recorded, which have left a trail of devastation and despair.The alarm comes from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which on the day the COP28 climate conference opens in Dubai disseminates the main data from the provisional report on the state of the global climate, with the hope of providing a useful tool for decision makers.The study highlights that the year that is about to end is set to be the warmest ever recorded, together with the temperatures of the surface of the seas and oceans, while the levels of greenhouse gases continue to increase while the Antarctic ice continues to thin out.

In the end, scientists observe that extreme climate phenomena are causing victims and devastation around the world.Of particular alarm is the data on the record heat:the data collected up to the end of October show that 2023 records an increase of approximately 1.40 degrees C - with a margin of uncertainty of ±0.12°C) - compared to the average temperature in the pre-industrial era (i.e. between 1850 and 1900).In the note released by the WMO, it is noted that the difference between 2023 and the years 2016 and 2020 - previously classified as the warmest - is such that it is very unlikely that the last two months will cause 2023 to slip below first place in the ranking . The last nine years, from 2015 to 2023, were also the warmest on record. The warming weather phenomenon known as 'El Nino', which emerged during the spring of 2023 in the Northern Hemisphere and developed rapidly during the summer, will likely further fuel the heat in 2024, because El Niño typically has the greatest impact on global temperatures after its peak.