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Asia Is Heating up at Double the Global Rate Amid Climate Crisis, UN Warns
- On Monday, the World Meteorological Organization issued its 2024 assessment of climate conditions in Asia from New Delhi, drawing attention to the region's severe environmental challenges.
- The report followed nearly double the global average warming rate in Asia between 1991 and 2024, fueling widespread heatwaves, ocean warming, and extreme weather events.
- Key findings include record high sea surface temperatures, marine heatwaves affecting nearly 15 million square kilometers, glacier mass loss in High-Mountain Asia, and severe cyclonic storm Remal causing up to 2.5 m flooding in Bangladesh.
- Between 2015 and 2024, global sea levels increased at a record-breaking pace of nearly 5 millimeters annually, with the rise in Asia surpassing the worldwide average. WMO Secretary-General Celeste Saulo emphasized that extreme weather is causing severe and unacceptable damage.
- The report warns that glacier shrinkage, sea-level rise, and extreme weather heighten risks for economies and ecosystems, underscoring urgent needs for adaptation and strengthened meteorological services.
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Climate change is advancing in Asia at an alarming rate: twice as fast as the global average. This is what the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned in its latest report, warning that global warming is wreaking increasing havoc on the economies, ecosystems and societies of the continent. READ ALSO: Lula da Silva: Multilateralism and international cooperation as a response to climate change According to the UN agency, 2024 was, depending…
Asia currently warming nearly twice as fast as global average: WMO report
Asia is currently warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, fueling more extreme weather and wreaking a heavy toll on the region’s economies, ecosystems and societies, according to a report published by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on the ‘State of the Climate in Asia 2024’ published on Monday. The State of the Climate reports, which provide policy-relevant information for national and regional decision-making, have prev…
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