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WMO Report - State of the Global Climate in 2022
November 16 , 2022
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- The report titled 'WMO Provisional State of the Global Climate 2022' released at the 27th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC.
- It stated that the rate of sea level rise has doubled since 1993.
- It has risen by nearly 10 mm since January 2020 to a new record high this year.
- The past two-and-a-half years account for 10% of the overall rise in sea level.
- The global mean temperature in 2022 is estimated to be 1.15 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average.
- It is making the eight years from 2015 the warmest on record.
- The figures used in the provisional 2022 report are till the end of September this year.
- The final version will be issued next April.
- La Nina conditions are keeping the global temperature low for the second consecutive year.
- But 2022 is still most likely to be the fifth or sixth warmest year on record.
- The 10-year average for the period 2013-2022 is estimated to be 1.14 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial baseline.
- This compares with 1.09 degrees Celsius from 2011 to 2020.
- Around 700 people died due to floods and landslides, and another 900 from lightning.
- Floods also triggered 6,63 000 displacements in Assam.
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