State of the Global Climate 2021 (WMO-No. 1290)
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UNCCD Library
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report
The publication provides a summary on the state of the climate indicators in 2021 including global temperatures trends and its distribution around the globe; most recent finding on Green House Gases concentration, Ocean indicators; Cryosphere with a particular emphasis on Arctic and Antarctic sea ice, greenland ice sheet and glaciers and snow cover; Stratospheric Ozone; analysis of major drivers of inter-annual climate variability during the year including the El Niño Souther Oscillation and other Ocean and Atmshperic indices; global precipitation distribution over land; extreme events including those related to tropical cyclones and wind storms; flooding, drought and extreme heat and cold events. The publication also provides most recent finding on climate related risks and impacts including on food security, humanitarian and population displacement aspects and impact on ecosystems.
Climate and extreme weather events also affect the use and distribution of natural resources across regions and within countries, and have large negative impacts on the environment. These negative environmental effects include impacts on the land such as droughts, wildfires in forest and peatland areas, land degradation, sand and dust storms, desertification, flooding and coastal erosion. At current levels of global greenhouse gas emissions, the world remains on course to exceed the agreed temperature thresholds of either 1.5 °C or 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, which would increase
the risks of pervasive climate change impacts beyond what is already being seen.
Over the course of 2021, hazardous hydrometeorological events and environmental degradation further contributed to the displacement of millions more people in exposed and vulnerable situations. This includes the impact of rapid-onset events such as floods, storms and wildfires, as well as slow-onset processes such as drought and desertification. This affects people’s safety and ability to meet their basic needs for survival such as food, water, resilient housing and productive land.
Collection(s) and Series: WMO- No. 1290
Climate and extreme weather events also affect the use and distribution of natural resources across regions and within countries, and have large negative impacts on the environment. These negative environmental effects include impacts on the land such as droughts, wildfires in forest and peatland areas, land degradation, sand and dust storms, desertification, flooding and coastal erosion. At current levels of global greenhouse gas emissions, the world remains on course to exceed the agreed temperature thresholds of either 1.5 °C or 2 °C above pre-industrial levels, which would increase
the risks of pervasive climate change impacts beyond what is already being seen.
Over the course of 2021, hazardous hydrometeorological events and environmental degradation further contributed to the displacement of millions more people in exposed and vulnerable situations. This includes the impact of rapid-onset events such as floods, storms and wildfires, as well as slow-onset processes such as drought and desertification. This affects people’s safety and ability to meet their basic needs for survival such as food, water, resilient housing and productive land.
Collection(s) and Series: WMO- No. 1290
Keywords
climate change policy
climate change mitigation
monitoring
climate change adaptation
food security
drought