UN Issues 'Red Alert' , Regarding Global Warming , After Record Heat in 2023.<br />Al Jazeera reports that the United Nations' weather <br />agency has sounded a "red alert" regarding global <br />warming, citing a number of different factors.<br />Those factors include record-breaking levels of <br />greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, as well as <br />record-high temperatures on both land and sea.<br />Those factors include record-breaking levels of <br />greenhouse gas emissions in 2023, as well as <br />record-high temperatures on both land and sea.<br />The U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns there is a "high probability" that 2024 will continue to break high-temperature records. .<br />The same March 19 report warned <br />that the world's efforts to reverse <br />global warming have proven to be inadequate.<br />Never have we been so close – <br />albeit on a temporary basis at <br />the moment – to the 1.5C lower <br />limit of the Paris Agreement <br />on climate change. , Celeste Saulo, World Meteorological Organization <br />(WMO) secretary-general, via Al Jazeera.<br />The WMO community <br />is sounding the red <br />alert to the world, Celeste Saulo, World Meteorological Organization <br />(WMO) secretary-general, via Al Jazeera.<br />According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate <br />Change Service, the world has already exceeded the <br />1.5 degree Celsius limit set by the Paris Agreement.<br />Earth’s issuing a distress call, Antonio Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General, via Al Jazeera.<br />The latest State of the Global <br />Climate report shows a planet <br />on the brink. Fossil fuel pollution is <br />sending climate chaos off the charts, Antonio Guterres, U.N. Secretary-General, via Al Jazeera.<br />Al Jazeera reports that the news comes as experts <br />and government representatives are set to meet in <br />Copenhagen to push for greater global climate actions. .<br />Al Jazeera reports that the news comes as experts <br />and government representatives are set to meet in <br />Copenhagen to push for greater global climate actions.
