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Climate: World getting ‘measurably closer’ to 1.5-degree threshold

Climate: World getting ‘measurably closer’ to 1.5-degree threshold

May 10, 2022, at 11:36 pm

New York: There is a 50:50 chance of average global temperature reaching 1.5 degrees Celcius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years, and the likelihood is increasing with time, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), published on Tuesday in Geneva.

Disasters: UN report shows climate change causing ‘dramatic rise’ in economic losses

Disasters: UN report shows climate change causing ‘dramatic rise’ in economic losses

Oct 11, 2018, at 07:56 am

New York, Oct 11 (IBNS): Climate-related and geophysical disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis have killed 1.3 million people over the last 20 years and left a further 4.4 billion injured, homeless or in need of emergency assistance, UN experts said on Wednesday.