A five-year forecast released Wednesday by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the UK Meteorological Office, has indicated that the world is expected to exceed the agreed international temperature threshold set 10 years ago.
Reports indicate that the 1.5°C threshold set under the Paris Agreement in 2015, was followed by a proposal of distinct strategies that could help battle global warming and keep temperatures from crossing the red line.
According to the forecast, “there’s an 80% chance that the world will break another annual temperature record by 2030” – shooting past the Paris climate accord goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius and hit a more alarming 2 degrees Celsius of heating since the mid-1800s, the two agencies said.
There’s an 86% chance that one of the next five years will pass 1.5 degrees and a 70% chance that the five years as a whole will average more than that global milestone, they figured.
Exceeding the threshold under the Paris accord, will be on account of non-compliant countries to dropping emissions which will eventually lead to increased extreme weather events, ecosystem disruption, sea-level rise and agricultural challenges.
