The United Nations on Wednesday urged the world to fight climate change with the same determination as it is showing in the battle against COVID-19.
Carbon dioxide levels at one key global observing station are about 26 percent higher than in 1970, whilst the average global temperature has increased by 0.86 degrees Celsius since then, the WMO said.The agency said the COVID-19 crisis was exacerbating the socioeconomic impacts of climate change -- for example making it harder to evacuate people and keep them safe from tropical cyclones.
"And it will make it more difficult to tackle weather, climate and water-related hazards which are becoming more acute because of climate change." He said failure to tackle climate change could threaten human well-being, ecosystems and economies"for centuries" to come. "We need to show the same determination and unity against climate change as against COVID-19," calling for action not only in the short-term"but for many generations ahead".
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