World warming at record 0.2 °C per decade, top scientists warn.
Record-high greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing air pollution have caused an unparalleled acceleration in global warming, 50 top scientists warned Thursday [08 June 2023] in a sweeping climate science update.
From 2013 to 2022, “human-induced warming has been increasing at an unprecedented rate of over 0.2 degrees Celsius per decade,” they reported in a peer-reviewed study aimed at policymakers.
Average annual emissions over the same period hit an all-time high of 54 billion tonnes of CO2 or its equivalent in other gases–about 1,700 tonnes every second.
World leaders will be confronted with the new data at the critical COP28 climate summit later this year in Dubai, where a “Global Stocktake” at the UN talks will assess progress toward the 2015 Paris Agreement‘s temperature goals.
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Link to | World Warming at Unprecedented Rate.
[By other reports, humanity emitted ~55 Gt in 2022, perhaps even as much as 58 Gt according to Brookings. There were 36.8 Gt in direct emissions according to the IEA. Ed.]
Link to | U Leeds 2022 Emissions Article.
Link to |Brookings 2022 Emissions Article.
Link to | IEA 2022 Emissions Report.
[UNEP also used 58 Gt. Ed.]