Dire WMO climate report prompts UN's Guterres to ask rich countries to share energy tech

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GENEVA - Last year brought new records for sea-level rise, ocean temperature, greenhouse gas concentrations and ocean acidification, according to a new UN World Meteorological Organisation climate re

port card.

Appearing at the report's launch by video, Mr Guterres called it"a dismal litany of humanity's failure to tackle climate disruption." Six independently maintained temperature data sets found 2021 to be 1.1 deg C higher than the second half of the 19th century. A La Nina, or temporary cooling pattern in the Pacific, left last year in the top five to seven hottest years on record.

Ozone holes are growing again as climate change exacerbates stratospheric cold spells. Water-related disasters, including storms,forced 2.6 million people from their homes in just three countries: China, Vietnam and the Philippines.

 

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