The earth glows: record heat threatens our everyday life until 2029!

The earth glows: record heat threatens our everyday life until 2029!

The world faces an alarming future: The world weather organization (WMO) predicts that global warming will continue to accelerate over the next five years. According to OE24, new temperature high levels could be reached from 2025 to 2029, with an increase in global average temperatures between 1.2 and 1.9 degrees compared to the level from 1850 to 1900.

The analysis created by the British Metoffice on behalf of the WMO shows that there is an 86 percent probability that the average temperature is more than 1.5 degrees above the pre-industrial level in one of the next five years. The likelihood that this brand will be exceeded throughout the period is 70 percent. This leads to a worrying scenario, since 2024 was already the first year in which the global average temperature exceeded 1.5 degrees.

negative effects on the environment and economy

The WMO Vice General Secretary Ko Barrett emphasizes that the ten warmest years since the start of the weather records have recently been registered. The report warns of increasing negative effects on the economy, everyday life and the ecosystems of the planet. Adam Scaif from Metoffice describes the statistics as "shocking" and expects more heat waves, more extreme rains and more intensive droughts.

In addition, a new UN report shows that the world is moving away from the 1.5-degree specification of the Paris climate agreement. The continuous use of fossil fuels makes the goals of the agreement difficult, which aims to limit global warming to well below two degrees. According to yahoo news it becomes clear that the global average temperatures will remain at a record level in the coming five years, and it is expected that one of the years will be hotter than 2024.

challenges of the Paris Agreement

The Paris climate agreement, which was adopted in 2015, aims to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5 degrees and to promote rapid decarbonization. As a central challenge, the Federal Environment Agency emphasizes the greenhouse gas emissions up to the second half of the 21st century and the adaptation abilities of the countries on the effects of climate change strengthen.

The report on global inventory, which is carried out every five years, is expected to be updated in 2023, and the results will be incorporated into new national climate protection contributions from the contracting states. Despite these efforts, the UNEP emissions gap report finds that the current national climate protection plans (NDCS) are not sufficient to achieve the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement.

The alarming forecasts for global warming increase the pressure on the upcoming UN climate conference in Belém (COP30) in November, where revised national climate plans have to be discussed. Experts urgently warn that measures to reduce the dependence on fossil fuels and investments in renewable energies are urgently needed to avert the catastrophic consequences of global warming.