“It is necessary to act immediately”: the UN Secretary General reacted to data from the World Meteorological Organization about record temperatures

A few days before the start of the COP29 climate conference, the UN concluded that the world is far from adapting to “climate disasters”.

Transfers UNN with reference to The Guardian.

On the eve of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP29), the UN Secretary General admitted that the world still underestimates the risk of catastrophic climate change and the destruction of ecosystems.

Global efforts to adapt to climate change – from building dams to planting drought-tolerant crops – are not keeping pace with global warming.

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According to the WMO, in 2024 the global temperature may exceed the limit of 1.5°C from the pre-industrial level.

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The question is not whether 1.5 degrees is possible or not. The question is whether there will be – or not – the political will for this. Let’s be honest, until now there was no such political will. So either the political will will emerge to make it possible or it will be lost

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