UNITED NATIONS: A new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a UN agency based in Geneva, warns that global temperatures are likely to keep rising, with an 80% chance that at least one year between now and 2029 will be even hotter than previous records. According to the Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update, … Read more
WMO reports Africa is spending up to 9% of its budget on climate change. Despite emitting fewer greenhouse gases, Africa’s temperatures have risen more than the global average. Adapting to climate change will cost sub-Saharan Africa $30-50 billion per year over the next decade. On Monday, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported that Africa is … Read more
The chances of exceeding a critical global warming threshold have increased dramatically. There is now a 50/50 possibility that the planet will warm by more than 1.5°C in the next five years. Such an increase would only be transitory. But, scientists are concerned about the overall trend of temperatures. They predict that the years 2022-2026 … Read more
New York – A single flash of lightning in the United States nearly two years ago cut across the sky for nearly 770 kilometres, setting a new world record, the United Nations said. The new record for the longest detected megaflash, measured in the southern US on April 29, 2020, stretched a full 768 kilometres, … Read more
