Global temperature record could be broken as soon as 2027, with El Niño expected later this year

Global temperature record could be broken as soon as 2027, with El Niño expected later this year

A record-breaking hot year is almost certain by 2030 as the climate crisis intensifies, the UN’s World Meteorological Organization has warned.

With an El Niño event expected later this year, the global temperature record could fall as soon as 2027.

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels are continuing to rise, trapping more heat and driving more extreme weather, including the record-breaking heatwave that has hit the UK and Europe this week.

Global heating is already estimated to be taking one life every minute, with the toll likely to rise unless emissions fall rapidly.

  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    Global heating is already estimated to be taking one life every minute, with the toll likely to rise unless emissions fall rapidly.

    I think it’s going to be a while. We’re still committed to the infinite growth paradigm and infinite growth requires infinite energy.

    There’s debate about the feasibility of green growth, but the fact is green energy is already helping to fuel growth. It’s a relatively small percentage of the overall energy mix now, but green energy will grow, and so will fossil fuel energy. We’ll have green growth and fossil fuel growth, and probably nuclear growth, too. As long as we keep growing, we’ll need it all.