The World Meteorological Organization sounded a “red alert” on the climate change behind record surface and ocean temperatures, glacial retreat and rising seas during the warmest 10-year period on record, with twice as many people going hungry in the years since the pandemic.
The UN agency’s report, which brings together data from member countries and partner agencies, affirmed that 2023 was the hottest year on record. The average global surface temperature was 1.45C above pre-industrial levels, it concluded, with a margin of uncertainty of 0.12C.
Records were broken “and in some cases smashed” in 2023 for greenhouse gas levels, ocean heat and acidification, sea level rise, Antarctic sea ice cover and glacier retreat, the WMO said.
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