WMO sounds alarm on climate change after record heat in 2023

The United Nations’ weather agency has issued a “red alert” on global warming, highlighting unprecedented rises in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures, and the melting of glaciers and sea ice last year.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) stated in a report released on Tuesday that there is a high likelihood that 2024 will set another record for high temperatures and cautioned that global efforts to combat this trend have fallen short.

The agency based in Geneva expressed worries in its State of the Global Climate report that a critical climate objective is increasingly at risk: to limit global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.