Forecasts by the World Meteorological Organization and the U.K. Meteorological Office indicate an 80% probability of breaking annual temperature records within the next five years. The projected rise in global temperatures could lead to severe consequences, including stronger hurricanes and increased droughts. According to experts, even a slight increase in global temperature can result in more extreme weather events that jeopardize lives. The predictions highlight a significant chance that temperatures may surpass the Paris climate target of 1.5 degrees Celsius by decade's end, demonstrating the urgent need for enhanced climate action.
With every tenth of a degree the world warms from human-caused climate change "we will experience higher frequency and more extreme events (particularly heat waves but also droughts, floods, fires and human-reinforced hurricanes/typhoons)".
Higher global mean temperatures may sound abstract, but it translates in real life to a higher chance of extreme weather: stronger hurricanes, stronger precipitation, droughts.
There's an 80% chance the world will break another annual temperature record in the next five years.
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.
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