In a new report on the state of the Global Climate in 2018 it says record greenhouse gas concentrations are driving global temperatures towards increasingly dangerous levels.The report highlights a record sea level rise, as well as exceptionally high land and ocean temperatures over the past four years.
The start of this year has also seen warm record daily winter temperatures in Europe, unusual cold in North America and searing heatwaves in Australia.The Secretary General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres said the report gives great cause for concern and that there is no longer any time for delay in taking climate action.
According to the report most of the natural hazards which affected nearly 62 million people worldwide last year were associated with extreme weather and climate events.In addition more than 1,600 deaths were associated with intense heat waves and wildfires in Europe, Japan and USA, while the Indian state of Kerala suffered its heaviest rainfall and worst flooding in nearly a century.
The report also highlights that over 2 million people were displaced due to disasters linked to weather and climate events such as drought, floods and storms during the first nine months of last year.The report says that on average sea levels globally have risen by an average of almost 8 centimetres since 1993.It also pointed out that the Greenland ice sheet has been losing ice mass nearly every year for the past two decades.
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