Climate Change Indicators Hit Record Highs In 2021: UN Chief
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Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification all set new records last year, the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in its "State of the Global Climate in 2021" report.
Four key climate change indicators all set new record highs in 2021, the United Nations said Wednesday, warning that the global energy system was driving humanity towards catastrophe.
Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rise, ocean heat and ocean acidification all set new records last year, the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in its "State of the Global Climate in 2021" report.
The annual overview is "a dismal litany of humanity's failure to tackle climate disruption", UN chief Antonio Guterres said. "The global energy system is broken and bringing us ever closer to climate catastrophe. We must end fossil fuel pollution and accelerate the renewable energy transition before we incinerate our only home."
The WMO said human activity was causing planetary-scale changes on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere, with harmful and long-lasting ramifications for ecosystems.
