It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, the United Nations warned as greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring.
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 Most of the heat action plans devised by districts and cities in the country do not integrate climate projections and are not local-specific, said a report released by the Centre for Policy Research (CPR).These heat action plans (HAP) are built for local context and have an oversimplified view of the hazard, the report said.
Severe heat waves, responsible for thousands of deaths across India over the last few decades, are increasing with alarming frequency and soon the country could become one of the first places in the world to experience heat waves that break the human survivability limit, according to a new report.
The global mean temperature in 2022 is estimated to be 1.15 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average, likely making the eight years from 2015 the warmest on record,