Climate Change experts are calling for decisive action on the issue following a 'staggering' new report from The World Meteorological Organisation.
This year's report shows sea levels are still on the rise, with oceans becoming warmer and increasingly acidic, threatening to destabilise whole ecosystems.READ MORELast year was the fourth warmest year on record and greenhouse gas levels are also at record highs, according to the report.Dr Liz Hanna is the chair of environmental health at the World Federation of Public Health Associations and said the new figures make for sobering reading.
Extreme weather events impacted nearly 62 million people in 2018, with more than 2 million people left displaced by natural disasters as of September last year. “[It really helps us] quantify what is really at stake here if we don't take action within this twelve-year window. “It simply got inundated by storms on top of rising sea levels and it's recently been declared extinct,” he said.The Bramble Cay melomys rodent was wiped out by climate change.The report shows greenhouse gas levels continue to rise, despite international agreements.
Might as well just sit back, grab a stiff drink and wait for the end. After all nobody is listening!