Average global temperatures are forecast to reach near-record levels in the next five years, with Arctic temperatures expected to warm faster than other regions, a report by the UN weather agency and the UK’s Met Office said yesterday.
The annual report which gives regional predictions for temperatures and rain predicts that annual global mean near-surface temperatures will range between 1.3C and 1.9C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial period.
In the 2015 Paris Agreement, governments promised to try to prevent the average global temperature rise from exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial levels – above which severe climate events were seen growing in intensity.
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