'There is nothing natural about the new scale of these disasters. They are the price of humanity's fossil fuel addiction,' said U.N. Secretary-General antonioguterres
"This year's United in Science report shows climate impacts heading into uncharted territories of destruction," said U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres.A multi-agency report coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization, released on Tuesday, says current global climate mitigation efforts are woefully inadequate and warns without more urgent action the physical and socioeconomic impacts will be increasingly devastating.
Human-caused climate change made the 2022 United Kingdom's summer heatwave at least 10 times more likely, according to the World Weather Attribution initiative. , which include the melting of the polar ice sheets on Greenland and Antarctica, which would have"global consequences due to substantial additional sea-level rise for hundreds to thousands of years.", which will cause cascading global and local impactsas well as sustained regional droughts throughout the world, which will"impact the global carbon cycle and disrupt major weather systems such as monsoons.
Cities, which are home to 55% of the global population, are responsible for up to 70% of human-caused emissions and are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts such as increased heavy precipitation, accelerated sea-level rise, acute and chronic coastal flooding, and extreme heat, according to the report.
While less than half of countries in the world have reported the existence of multi-hazard early warning systems , the report says they are effective adaptation measures that save lives, reduce losses and damages, and cut costs. Early warning systems are particularly weak in Africa, underdeveloped countries, and small island developing states.
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