UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
July 2023 has already seen:
The hottest three-week period ever recorded.
The three hottest days on record.
The highest-ever ocean temperatures for this time of year.
It is still possible to avoid the very worst of climate change, but only with dramatic, immediate #ClimateAction.
July 27, 2023: World Meteorological Organization reports:
According to ERA5 data from the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the first three weeks of July have been the warmest three-week period on record and the month is on track to be the hottest July and the hottest month on record. These temperatures have been related to heatwaves in large parts of North America, Asia and Europe, which along with wildfires in countries including Canada and Greece, have had major impacts on people’s health, the environment and economies.
As temperatures sore the head of the World Meteorological Organization warns…
Climate action is not a luxury but a must.
It is always interesting to us that as we share various articles – articles that quote scientist after scientist there are always naysayers who pick out one line within an article and say “See, global warming, climate change is a load of crap”.
For example, someone recently wrote the following on one of our social media accounts.
Jay __________ you are EXACTLY right.
The article does mention as you say a “little natural phenomenon”.
The article starts out by stating:
The steady rise in global average temperatures,
driven by pollution that traps sunlight and acts like a greenhouse around the Earth,
has made weather extremes worse.
“Humanity is in the hot seat,” Guterres told a press conference on Thursday. “For vast parts of North America, Asia, Africa and Europe, it is a cruel summer. For the entire planet, it is a disaster.
And for scientists, it is unequivocal – humans are to blame.”
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Scientist after scientist weighs in throughout the article.
For example:
Karsten Haustein at Leipzig University found the world was 1.5C (2.7F) hotter in July 2023 than in the average July before industrialisation.
AND:
Joyce Kimutai, a climate scientist at the Grantham Institute: “This should serve as a compelling wake-up call for all of us. We need to shift the conversation to what needs to happen urgently this year.”
AND:
Catherine Abreu, the founder of the Canadian campaign group Destination Zero, said governments must understand that “this transition away from fossil fuels is not just inevitable, it is urgent. It needs to be planned, it requires cooperation; it requires a provision of finance at a scale that is currently not being provided.”
AND
Marina Romanello, a climate and health researcher at University College London and head of the Lancet Countdown, said: “We have data showing how the very foundations of health are being undermined by climate change and, despite that knowledge, we’re seeing governments and companies still prioritising fossil fuels.
AND
Greenhouse gas pollution has driven up the temperatures of deadly heatwaves on three continents this month, according to a rapid analysis from the World Weather Attribution network published on Tuesday.
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BUT again [Jay] you are exactly right that El Niño has played a part.
It [El Niño] has contributed.
The article states:
“Scientists expect this year to be hotter than usual because El Niño, a natural pattern of wind and water that heats the planet, is returning after three years of its cooler counterpart, La Niña.”
Followed by:
“That effect, [El Niño]
together with greenhouse gas pollution,
has led the WMO to predict a two in three chance that one of the next five years will be 1.5C hotter than before the Industrial Revolution – the level to which world leaders promised to try to limit global heating by the end of the century.”
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Marina Romanello, a climate and health researcher at University College London and head of the Lancet Countdown, said:
“We have data showing how the very foundations of health are being undermined by climate change and, despite that knowledge, we’re seeing governments and companies still prioritising fossil fuels.
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I like to think that there is still hope – that we can turn things around so that natural weather fluctuations like El Niño are not made catastrophic by factors that are within our control – factors that are not natural.
Scientists are already calculating that July 2023 will be the hottest month on record—and likely the warmest month that humanity has ever experienced. The United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service announced late last week that this month’s heat was beyond record-smashing. The planet’s temperature, they report, has been temporarily passing over the crucial threshold of limiting global warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius) above pre-industrial temperatures.
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