Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
UNITED NATIONS, 16th Feb. World weather agency on Thursday said that the battle to slow global warming, January was the hottest month on record.
The agency noted that global precipitation reached a near record-high in January on the heels of a record wet December.
Large portions of North America, Asia and Australia were wetter than average much of southern Africa and South America were drier than normal, WMO said.
The report noted that the record-breaking trend seen for much of 2023 has rolled into 2024.
It stressed that sea surface temperatures have been at a record high now for 10 consecutive months.
UNFCC tweeted that based on Thursday’s figures, “the urgency for climate action has never been clearer.”
“It is time to act”, declared UNFCCC, and for countries to put their climate plans into motion which align with keeping global warming below the 1.5°C limit outlined in the Paris Agreement nearly a decade ago.
The new data came from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NASA, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service and the Japan Meteorological Agency.
They are 4 of the 6 international datasets feeding into WMO’s State of the Climate reports.
The report is due out next month. The agency has confirmed that 2023 was the warmest year on record due to human-induced climate change and a warming El Niño weather pattern.
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