8 years expected to be warmest from 2015 to 2022: WMO Report

Tags: Environment

The report titled 'WMO Provisional State of the Global Climate 2022' released at the 27th Conference of Parties to the UNFCCC on 6 November. 

Key features of the report 

• The global mean temperature in 2022 is projected to be 1.15 °C above the pre-industrial (1850–1900) average, with 2015 to 2022 (eight years) likely to be the warmest on record.

• Report stated that the rate of sea level rise has doubled since 1993 and has risen by nearly 10 mm since January 2020 to a new record high this year.

• Concentrations of the main greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – hit record levels once again in 2021.

• The annual increase in methane concentrations was the highest on record.

• Flood events occurred at various stages during the monsoon season in India, especially in the Northeast in June.

About the report 

• The WMO State of the Global Climate Report is released annually.

• It provides an authoritative voice on the current state of the climate using key climate indicators and reporting on extreme events and their impacts.

• The temperature figures used in the tentatively 2022 report are as of the end of September. Its final version will be released in April next year.

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

• It is an intergovernmental organisation with a membership of 193 member states and territories.

• It was established by ratification of the WMO Convention on 23 March 1950.

• The first State of Climate Report was released in 1993.

• Headquartered - Geneva

• Its supreme body - the World Meteorological Congress