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- The report titled ‘WMO Provisional State of the Global Climate 2022’ released at the 27th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC.
About the report
- The WMO State of the Global Climate report is produced annually.
- It provides an authoritative voice on the current state of the climate using key climate indicators and reporting on extreme events and their impacts.
- The temperature figures used in the provisional 2022 report are until the end of September. The final version will be issued next April.
Major Findings
- The global mean temperature in 2022 is estimated to be 1.15 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, likely making the eight years from 2015 the warmest on record.
- Despite La Niña conditions keeping the global temperature low for the second consecutive year, 2022 is still most likely to be the fifth or sixth warmest year on record
- The rate of sea level rise has doubled since 1993 and has risen by nearly 10 mm since January 2020 to a new record high this year.
- Concentrations of the main greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide – once again reached record levels in 2021. The annual increase in methane concentration was the highest on record.
- India also reported significant flooding at various stages during the monsoon season, particularly in the northeast in June.
Source:IE
