Greenhouse gas levels, global temperatures hit record high in 2023
The UN’s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said that global temperatures and greenhouse gasses reached a record level this year surpassing all previous records.
The WMO has thus declared 2023 as the hottest year ever recorded, issuing a call for urgent measures to combat global warming and address its far-reaching consequences.
WMO Chief Petteri Taalas said “It’s a deafening cacophony of broken records…Greenhouse gas levels are record high. Global temperatures are record-high. Sea level rise is record high. Antarctic sea ice is record low.”
The WMO while unveiling its provisional 2023 State of the Global Climate report at the UN COP28 climate conference further revealed an alarming series of broken climate records and widespread devastation due to extreme weather conditions.
“These are more than just statistics…we risk losing the race to save our glaciers and to rein in sea level rise…We cannot return to the climate of the 20th century, but we must act now to limit the risks of an increasingly inhospitable climate in this and the coming centuries,” Taalas warned.
