Carbon emissions from the burning of coal, oil and gas rose 1.2% last year, the report said.
Through the end of September, the daily global average temperature exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above mid-19th century levels on 86 days this year, the report said.
On Friday, the globe hit 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees) above pre-industrial levels for the first time in recorded history, according to Copernicus Deputy Director Samantha Burgess.
That sounds like a lot, but the world in 2022 spewed 57.4 billion metric tons of greenhouse gases and to limit warming to the 1.5 degree mark emissions in 2030 have to be down to 33 billion metric tons.
Because the world has already warmed nearly 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) since the mid-19th century, the report’s projections would mean another 1.3 to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.3 to 3.1 degrees Fahrenheit) warming by the end of this century.
Persons:
Samantha Burgess, ”, Anne Olhoff, Olhoff, hasn’t, Antonio Guterres, ” Olhoff, Niklas Hohne, Bill Hare, Guterres, “ It’s, ___ Read, Seth Borenstein
Organizations:
United, United Nations, New Climate Institute, Twitter, AP
Locations:
United Nations, Paris, United States, Europe, Germany