‘Low crop yields, heatwaves, floods and wildfires in India…’, report on climate change

Climate Change Report: The world is currently grappling with the consequences of climate change. Meanwhile, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has released its annual report, in which concern has been expressed on several important points.

Let us tell you ten important things of this report:

1- According to the WMO report, the reason behind at least 15,700 deaths in Europe in the year 2022 has been heatwave. Along with this, it has been said that the flood and the heat affected the communities on every continent. Efforts were made to deal with this, now billions of dollars have been spent but not much change has been seen in the situation.

2- The 2022 annual report of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) states that record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases have increased droughts, floods and heatwaves globally. The global average temperature in the past eight years has been the highest on record. In the year 2022, it was 1.15 ° C higher than the average of 1850-1900.

3- Levels of three greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – will continue to rise in 2022.

4- The report, titled The State of the Global Climate 2022, maps global changes to land, sea and atmosphere as heat-trapping greenhouse gases reach record levels. The report said that the global average temperature in the last eight years was the highest on record. Significantly, in 2022, the melting of glaciers and the rise in sea level again reached the record level.

5- WMO Secretary-General Peteri Taalas said in a statement today that climate change is accelerating as greenhouse gas emissions increase. Due to this, the population of the world is being seriously affected.

6- For example, in 2022, a persistent drought in East Africa, record-breaking rains in Pakistan, and record-breaking heatwaves in China and Europe will affect hundreds of millions of people. Due to which the yield of crops was affected.

7- The arrival of monsoon in India in 2022 was earlier and the return was after the normal time. The pre-monsoon period was exceptionally warm in India and neighboring Pakistan. The extreme heat reduced the grain yield. Forest fires were blamed for the extreme heat in India.

8- Heatwaves in the 2022 pre-monsoon season in India and Pakistan led to declining crop yields, as well as record-breaking rains in July and August that caused floods that killed more than 1,700 and affected 33 million people While about 8 million people were displaced.

9- According to the report, by 2021, 2.3 billion people will face food insecurity, of which 924 million will face severe food insecurity. According to a report, 767.9 million people are facing malnutrition in 2021, which is 9.8% of the global population. Half of these are in Asia and a third are in Africa.

10- The record-breaking heat wave hit Europe badly during the summer. There were also exceptionally dry conditions with extreme heat in some areas. Additional heat-related deaths in Europe exceeded 15 000 in total in Spain, Germany, Britain, France and Portugal.

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