{"id":14414,"date":"2023-01-11T14:01:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambassadornews.org\/?p=14414"},"modified":"2023-01-11T14:05:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T14:05:13","slug":"2022-was-another-record-hot-year-experts-say-we-must-prepare-for-more-climate-related-disasters%ef%bf%bc%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambassadornews.org\/en\/2022-was-another-record-hot-year-experts-say-we-must-prepare-for-more-climate-related-disasters%ef%bf%bc%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"2022was another record-hot year. Experts say we must prepare for more climate-related disasters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">&#8216;We will hit 1.5 degrees this century&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">2022 was the fifth-warmest year on record,&nbsp;the European-based climate service Copernicus reported on Tuesday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">It was 0.3 C above the 1991\u20132020 average, and 1.2 C above the pre-industrial average (1850\u20131900), making it the eighth consecutive year that global temperatures were more than 1 C above the pre-industrial average.&nbsp;NASA and the&nbsp;National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration&nbsp;will release their joint findings on Jan.&nbsp;12, which will likely be the&nbsp;same ranking or similar,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/public.wmo.int\/en\/media\/press-release\/2021-one-of-seven-warmest-years-record-wmo-consolidated-data-shows#:~:text=The%20Copernicus%20Climate%20Change%20Service,tied%20for%206th%20warmest.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as in previous years&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The fact that it was another year in the top 10 likely isn&#8217;t a surprise for most people, but experts say it&#8217;s concerning&nbsp;that the warming trend continues&nbsp;even in light of a cooling&nbsp;phenomenon called La Nina<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>It is unusual that with La Nina, which should bring cooler temperatures, that we are right now about to be confirmed [as one of the] warmest years<\/q>&nbsp;said M\u00e9lie Monnerat, project manager at the University of Waterloo&#8217;s Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>Even if 2022 was maybe not as warm as 2021, it&#8217;s still ridiculously high<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The last eight years have been the eight warmest on record.<br><br>2022 came in at number 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RVhEMbvDa2\">pic.twitter.com\/RVhEMbvDa2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Scott Duncan (@ScottDuncanWX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottDuncanWX\/status\/1611064309584658437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 5, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">There&#8217;s an ocean pattern called the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), where temperatures in a particular part of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean either warm or cool&nbsp;by a few degrees. When it&#8217;s cooler, it&#8217;s a La Nina year. When it&#8217;s warmer, it&#8217;s an El Nino year&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Both of these patterns have varying effects around the world, depending on where you are. But an El Nino year typically&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/oceanservice.noaa.gov\/facts\/ninonina.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">results in a warmer annual global temperature<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">However, the past three years have been La Nina years \u2014 and also some of the warmest years on record, with effects felt across the globe and the country<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">In 2021,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/bc-alberta-heat-wave-heat-dome-temperature-records-1.6084203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lytton, B.C., recorded the highest temperature ever in Canada, at 49.6 C&nbsp;<\/a>. It was also almost wiped off the map following&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/lytton-1-year-anniversary-1.6506008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deadly forest fires&nbsp;<\/a>.&nbsp; And in 2022, worldwide, there were no&nbsp;shortage&nbsp;of climate disasters, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/climate-change-compassion-1.6627696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flooding in Pakistan and Nigeria, drought in Somalia&nbsp;<\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/europe-heat-wave-no-surprise-1.6524404\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">record-breaking heat waves in Europe&nbsp;<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">It&#8217;s a reminder that, as the planet warms, we will experience more and more climate-related disasters, and we need to be better prepared, experts say&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CLIMATE LOOKAHEAD FOR 2023: KEY ISSUES AND INNOVATIONS | ABOUT THAT<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">5 days agoDuration22:47Andrew Chang and CBC meteorologist and Planet Wonder host Johanna Wagstaffe discuss major climate moments last year, and how they may hint at what we can expect this year. Plus, a cricket taste test<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warmest years on record<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">According to several climate agencies,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov\/products\/analysis_monitoring\/enso_advisory\/ensodisc.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">La Nina is expected to transition to neutral by the summer&nbsp;<\/a>. After that, it&#8217;s possible we could transition to another El Nino, which means we could see one of the warmest years on record, perhaps beating out 2016 when the temperature was roughly 1.01 C above average<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>In our report, we cover that the last eight years have been the warmest eight years on record. Last year, we said that the last seven years have been the seven-warmest years on record<\/q>&nbsp;said Samantha Burgess, the deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service<q>The reality is that the climate that we&#8217;re living in right now, our infrastructure is not fit for this purpose<\/q>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">She also noted that, without La Nina in place, 2022 would have been even warmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-text-align-left is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><q>If we go forward 10 or 15 years into the future, 2022 will probably be looked at as a cooler year than average- Samantha Burgess, deputy director, Copernicus Climate Change Service<\/q><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Burgess said that as greenhouse gases continue to be emitted, it&#8217;s likely that&nbsp;the years ahead will get warmer and warmer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>If we go forward 10 or 15 years into the future, 2022 will probably be looked at as a cooler year than average<\/q>&nbsp;she said&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;We will hit 1.5 degrees this century&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">2023 has already&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-64158283\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">broken winter&nbsp;temperature records across Europe&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Copernicus report also noted that both CO2 emissions and methane \u2014 two of the leading contributors to global warming \u2014 increased in 2022: CO2, by 2.1 parts per million and methane by 12 parts per billion<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/images.radio-canada.ca\/q_auto,w_700\/v1\/ici-info\/16x9\/global-average-warming.png\" alt=\"Annual averages of global air temperature at a height of two metres estimated change since the pre-industrial period (left-hand axis) and relative to 1991-2020 (right-hand axis), according to different datasets for 2021. (Copernicus Climate Change Service\/ECMWF)\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><figcaption>Annual averages of global air temperature at a height of two metres estimated change since the pre-industrial period (left-hand axis) and relative to 1991-2020 (right-hand axis), according to different datasets for 2021.PHOTO:&nbsp;(COPERNICUS CLIMATE CHANGE SERVICE\/ECMWF)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">This isn&#8217;t in line with the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change&#8217;s goal of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/sr15\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">trying to limit global warming to 1.5 C by the end of the century&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;by rapidly cutting emissions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>We will hit 1.5 degrees this century<\/q>&nbsp;Burgess said<q>Worryingly, we&#8217;ll probably hit it in the next decade or so<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Right now, we&#8217;re at 1.2 degrees of warming above the pre-industrial average, she said, and if we do a linear extrapolation of the amount of greenhouse gases that are currently in the atmosphere, that takes us to the early 2030s<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">But the point of this, she added, isn&#8217;t to be alarmist. It&#8217;s to reiterate how important our choices are, from the way we consume to the way we vote<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">And just because we will hit 1.5 C&nbsp;doesn&#8217;t mean it will be like that forever, she said, nor does it mean we shouldn&#8217;t actively try to adapt or mitigate climate change<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>It&#8217;s&nbsp;not a cliff edge<\/q>&nbsp;Burgess said of the 1.5 C temperature<q>Every fraction of a degree matters. It matters for the types of heat waves that we have in summer, and the implications that has for vulnerable parts of our community. It matters for ecosystems, whether fish can breed or not, whether the right prey species is available in the right season for species to flourish<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8216;There is much work left to do&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">As for Canada, Monnerat&nbsp;notes that&nbsp;the federal government has rolled out its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/services\/environment\/weather\/climatechange\/climate-plan\/national-adaptation-strategy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Adaptation Strategy&nbsp;<\/a>, which aims to combat the consequences of climate change \u2014&nbsp;for example,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/changingclimate.ca\/case-study\/torontos-heat-health-alert-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">creating new strategies as&nbsp;heat waves increase across the country, in places like Toronto&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>Many of the national adaptation strategy targets have a timeframe to 2024 to 2025<\/q>&nbsp;she said.&nbsp;&nbsp;That, she noted, is&nbsp;for the short-term \u2014 such as dealing with extreme and persistent heat waves \u2014&nbsp;but with larger&nbsp;goals moving forward toward 2040<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>There is much work left to do. Certain parts of Canada are warming twice as fast as the average of the rest of the planet<\/q>&nbsp;Monnerat said<q>And then the North is triple [that].&nbsp;And with the thaw of the permafrost and&nbsp;ice melting, these are very specific challenges that are addressed in the&nbsp;National Adaptation Strategy<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Governments need to re-examine where homes are built in order to avoid impacts by flooding and wildfires, she added<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">She also noted that the Intact Centre has tools for homeowners to try to prepare themselves against such things&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intactcentreclimateadaptation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IntactCentre-3-steps-home-flood-pretection.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">like flooding&nbsp;<\/a>which is one of the biggest and costliest consequences of climate change to homewowners&nbsp;in parts of Canada \u2014&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.intactcentreclimateadaptation.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/3-Steps-to-Wildfire-Protection.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as well as wildfires&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Meanwhile, Burgess said, as a mother, it concerns her that her son may not&nbsp;be able to see and enjoy the landscapes and wildlife that she herself has enjoyed. But she hasn&#8217;t lost hope for the future<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><q>That does keep me up at night<\/q>&nbsp;she said<q>But equally, I think I am buoyed by the optimism and the climate activism of the next generation<\/q><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/science\/author\/nicole-mortillaro-1.3842220\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nicole Mortillaro<\/a>\u00b7&nbsp;CBC News&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;We will hit 1.5 degrees this century&#8217; 2022 was the fifth-warmest year on record,&nbsp;the European-based climate service Copernicus reported on Tuesday It was 0.3 C above the 1991\u20132020 average, and 1.2 C above the pre-industrial average (1850\u20131900), making it the eighth consecutive year that global temperatures were more than 1 C above the pre-industrial average.&nbsp;NASA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"topbottom","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_post_split":{"enable_post_split":"0","post_split":[{"template":"1","tag":"h2","numbering":"asc","mode":"normal","first":"0","enable_toc":"0","toc_type":"normal"}]},"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2022was another record-hot year. 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