WMO: after record heat in 2023, the climate crisis is the greatest human challenge | Video

Geneva (Switzerland), Mar 19 (EFE) - (Camera: Anisia Gil) The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed Tuesday in its report on the climate of 2023 that this was the warmest year in the 174 years on record, causing effects that have turned climate change into "the essential challenge of humanity.

In these terms expressed by the secretary general of the WMO, the Argentine Celeste Saulo, when presenting the report, which emphasizes that the global average temperature was 1.45 degrees higher than the average of the pre-industrial era (1850-1900), 12% higher than the previous record (the average rise of 1.29 degrees of 2016).

SOUNDBITES OF CELESTE SAULO, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION (WMO)

SOUNDBITES OF OMAR BADDOUR, HEAD OF THE WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION'S (WMO) CLIMATE MONITORING SYSTEM.

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Date: 19/03/2024 17:12 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Environmental issue
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 123 seconds
Reference: 7001346819
Relevance: Normal