- There is a 40 percent risk that global warming will temporarily reach over one and a half degrees within the next five years – which, among other things, increases the risk of stronger hurricanes and heat waves.
- It is also above the level that the Paris Agreement aims to avoid, the World Meteorological Organization WMO writes in a new report.
- Last year, the world average temperature was 1.2 degrees above pre-industrial levels.
Source: ICELAND NEWS