- The month of April this year was the hottest April ever across the world
- Global warming causing record droughts, wildfires and floods around the world
- The world average temperature in April was 15.03 degrees Celsius
April this year was the hottest April ever across the world and normal life was disrupted in many countries due to record heat, rains and floods. This information is given in new data released on Wednesday by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the climate agency of the European Union (EU). According to C3S, April was also the 11th consecutive month of record high temperatures due to the combined effects of a now weakening El Niño and anthropogenic climate change. The world average temperature in April was 15.03 °C, which is 1.50 °C above the monthly average temperature of the designated pre-industrial reference period from 1850 to 1900 and 0.67 °C above the average April temperature from 1991 to 2020. 0.14 degrees Celsius higher than the previous all-time high recorded in April, 2016. C3S director Carlo Buontempo said El Niño peaked earlier in the year and sea surface temperatures in the eastern tropical Pacific are now returning to neutral conditions.
However, fluctuations associated with natural cycles such as El Nino in temperature continue, and additional energy in the oceans and atmosphere due to increases in greenhouse gases will continue to push global temperatures to new records. C3S also reported that average global temperatures over the past 12 months (May, 2023 to April, 2024) were record highs, 0.73 degrees above the 1991 to 2020 average and 1.61 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average from 1850 to 1900. According to C3S, the global average temperature breached the 1.5°C threshold for the first time in January for an entire year. However, a permanent breach of the 1.5°C limit specified in the Paris Agreement refers to long-term warming over many years. Climate scientists say countries need to limit the rise in global average temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
By 2049, the global economy could suffer an annual loss of EU38 lakh crore
According to a recent study by scientists at Germany’s Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, the effects of climate events could cost the global economy $3.8 trillion annually by 2049, and countries least responsible for global warming and with the least resources to deal with its effects will bear the brunt. will have The increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mainly carbon dioxide and methane, has caused the global surface temperature of the Earth to rise by about 1.15 degrees Celsius compared to the 1850-1900 average. This warming is being blamed for record droughts, fires and floods around the world.
Asia’s heatwave, UAE’s heaviest rainfall in 75 years
Globally, the year 2023 was the warmest year in the 174-year observational record, with a global average temperature 1.45°C above the pre-industrial baseline (1850–1900). According to ZR3G scientists, El Nino is weakening and returning to neutral conditions, but sea temperatures remained unusually high in April. During 2023-24, the world witnessed extreme weather due to the combined effects of El Nino and anthropogenic climate change. Schools in the Philippines had to be temporarily closed due to a heatwave in Asia, while heat records are being broken during the Lok Sabha elections in India. Indonesia, Malaysia and Myanmar also witnessed record heat while the UAE received its heaviest rainfall in 75 years. April marked the 13th consecutive month of record high sea temperatures.
