1.5°C pathway, annual climate finance investments need to grow more than In an average scenario for a 6x reaching almost $9trn by 2030 and a further $10trn through to 2050
In the years to come, we can expect more frequent and more intense extreme weather events due to climate change. The only hope for changing our current course is to seek win-win synergies between climate and sustainable development actions – and get everyone on board
By Celeste Saulo, secretary-general, World Meteorological Organization T he World Meteorological Organization has confirmed that 2023 was by far the warmest year on record. The eight months between July 2023 and February 2024 were the eight warmest months in a row, being a record in itself. Global sea surface temperatures are at a record high. Human-induced climate change is the main cause. The scientific community expects more frequent and more intense extreme events worldwide in the years to come. National meteorological and hydrological services and the WMO provide daily evidence of these trends. Urgent action is needed. Concrete steps go from mitigation, including accelerating the energy transition, to supporting adaptation in order to build resilience to climate change. The WMO is deeply involved in many of these actions. THE RESULT OF OUR GROWING NEED FOR ENERGY There is absolutely no way that humanity’s needs for energy, driven by demography and development, will stop growing in the foreseeable future, as CERN director-general Fabiola Gianotti recently emphasised. This situation must be the basis for any climate thinking.
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