“Global warming and other long-term climate change trends are expected to continue because of record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in the atmosphere,” the UN body said in a news release. “This cooling impact will be short-lived and will not reverse the long-term warming trend caused by record levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases in our atmosphere,” the WMO said. Approaching lower limit of temperature increase int’l community trying to avertThe global temperature in 2022 averaged at 1.15 C above pre-industrial levels in the years 1850-1900. The average temperature over the last decade from 2013 to 2022 is 1.14 C above the time period. The WMO’s final report on the State of the Climate in 2022 will be released in April.

Source: CBC News January 12, 2023 21:34 UTC