Climate change: global warming achieves alarming 1.62 degrees Celsius!

Climate change: global warming achieves alarming 1.62 degrees Celsius!

Scientist of the Graz Wegen Center predict alarming global warming of 1.62 degrees Celsius compared to the pre-industrial level, as the Copernicus study confirmed. These findings come from Gottfried Kirchengast and his team, which use a newly developed calculation procedure, which enables a more precise prediction of the global temperature. "We were now surprised how exactly that was there," said church guest during a press conference. Although the official publication of this method is only planned for spring 2025, the first results were already recorded at the end of September when the estimate of 1.62 degrees was formed. According to the church guest, this technology is reproducible and could also be used by Copernicus for future analyzes, which underpins the urgency of the topic.

urgency of climate policy

The global temperature standard of 1.6 degrees is a "drastic warning signal" that prevails despite the climatic phenomenon El Niño. Church guest points out that about 1.4 degrees of this increase are long -term and clearly man -made. The scientist emphasizes that the worldwide emissions will continue to promote long -term warming and demands comprehensive measures to reduce emissions: "In order to limit the increasingly catastrophic consequences of global warming, we have to more than halve the emissions in the sense of the Paris climate goals," he said. Clearly: Ignoring clear facts is a "mental conversation", and acting with false information is "not an integral policy". Here further context also provides the report of the NÖN, which determines that 2024 may be the warmest year since the beginning of the records, further fueled by November, which has been proven to have been the second warmth of November since the start of the records.

In addition, an analysis of weather and air conditioning extremes will also be included in the Graz "ClimateTracer" from 2025. The new data should support decision-makers in politics and business and offer an extensive basis for effective climate protection management. The Graz climate research indicator is described as a unique portal that provides comprehensive and high -quality information, which further underlines the need and importance of this research. In its comments, Kirchengast explains more about the current developments and the measures required in climate policy that would have to be taken by the upcoming coalition.

Details on the criteria and methodics can be found on the platform Graz Climate Change Indicator (GCCI) as well as in the reports of Kleine Zeitung and NÖN .