The year 2022 marks the eighth consecutive year that global temperatures are at least 1 degree Celsius warmer than pre-industrial times. The past eight years have also been the eight hottest years on record since the data were recorded. This is very remarkable information that has just been announced by the World Meteorological Organization last week.
Although it is in the period of being affected by the La Nina phenomenon, which means there is a cooling factor, globally, 2022 is the 5th hottest year in history. However, in some places like Europe, 2022 is the year of the highest temperature ever recorded.
The United Nations has once again warned that the world is approaching an irreversible threshold of climate change and the year 2022 has just recorded sad records.
Sad records about climate change
Residential areas are still flooded with water, rubble still cannot be cleaned up, makeshift outdoor classrooms ... these are the images that were just recorded in the mid-January of 2023 in Jaffarabad, Balochistan province of Pakistan.
"The crops were destroyed by the floods, causing shortages of vegetables and other food," said Yasir Abbassi, a Pakistani resident.
Mr. Mahmoob Abbassi, a Pakistani, said: "There is a shortage of flour, we have to wait in long lines to buy it".
The people of Pakistan were severely affected by the destruction of their crops by floods
More than four months after the historic flood, millions of Pakistanis are still struggling to cope with mounting difficulties. A third of the country is under water, more than 1,700 people have died, 33 million people have been affected…
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized: "My heart breaks when I have witnessed with my own eyes the utter devastation caused by last summer's floods. No country deserves what has happened. with Pakistan".
Pakistan estimates that it will need at least 16 billion USD in the next 3 years to overcome the consequences of natural disasters.
2022 record the worst drought in many countries
The year 2022 marks unprecedented damage from extreme and unusual weather events due to the effects of climate change.
On January 10, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Agency (EU) said that 2022 has become the fifth hottest year since the agency began collecting data in the 19th century.
The British Meteorological Agency on January 5 confirmed, 2022 is the hottest year in British history with the highest temperature since 1884. In July, for the first time in history, the temperature in the UK exceeded 40 poison.
On January 6, France's National Weather Service said that the country has experienced 2022 with the highest average temperature and lowest rainfall.
According to Italy's Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, 2022 is the hottest year since data began to be collected in the country in 1800.
Updated data from Spain's national weather agency Aemet determines that in 2022, Spain has experienced its hottest year since the country's meteorological agency started recording data.
According to Slovenia's Environment Agency, over the past year, the temperature in this country has also been at its highest level since Slovenia started measuring temperatures.
More than 15,000 people in Europe have died in the past year from extreme heat like never before. Europe also saw its worst drought in 500 years.
According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in most lands, climate change has increased extreme weather conditions, making heat waves more severe and often more severe. more often.
In the Horn of Africa, the longest-ever drought threatens food security, pushing 22 million people to the brink of poverty.
Southern China has also suffered its worst drought after the longest and largest-scale heat wave, causing the country to have its second driest summer on record.
In the US, right from the beginning of September, the temperature in the central valley of California reached 42.7 degrees Celsius.
In late September, Hurricane Ian devastated Florida. This was one of the strongest hurricanes in US history, with winds of up to 240 km/h.
Towards the end of the year, New York State experienced its worst snowstorm in more than 50 years. Snow fell up to 1.2 m thick, in some places the temperature dropped below -40 degrees C. Severe cold weather affected about 150 million people.
The Russian capital Moscow in the winter of 2022 also suffered a record snowfall, 40 cm thick snow, the highest level recorded since 1989 until now.
Former United Nations Ambassador for Refugees Angelina Jolie
Actress Angelina Jolie - Former UN Ambassador for Refugees - said: "I think this is a real wake-up call for the world in which we live. Climate change is not only real, it's happening. exist everywhere".
According to the World Meteorological Organization, the number of natural disasters has increased fivefold in the past half century and caused seven times more damage than in the 1970s. Natural disasters in 2022 have become more severe. more important due to climate change.