UNITED NATIONS — The latest data from the World Meteorological Organization shows the month of July
— The latest data from the World Meteorological Organization shows the month of July “at least equaled if not surpassed the hottest month in recorded history” — and it followed the hottest June ever, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday.The UN chief told reporters that “this is even more significant because the previous hottest month, July 2016, occurred during one of the strongest El Nino’s ever,” which was not the case this year.
He warned that if all nations don’t take immediate action to tackle climate change, extreme weather events happening now “are just the tip of the iceberg.”Arctic Sea ice is already near record low levels, he said, and the European heat wave last month has raised temperatures in the Arctic and Greenland by 10 to 15 degrees Celsius.
Guterres said he looks forward to welcoming young leaders, including 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. He said greenhouse gas emissions, which cause global warming, must be cut by 45 percent by 2030 and “we need carbon neutrality by 2050.” The secretary-general said that will require rapid and deep change “in how we do business, generate power, build cities and feed the world.”
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