{"id":243257,"date":"2023-05-20T19:24:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=243257"},"modified":"2023-05-20T19:24:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T13:54:06","slug":"express-view-on-new-climate-change-report-it-should-lead-to-a-review-of-paris-climate-pact-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/express-view-on-new-climate-change-report-it-should-lead-to-a-review-of-paris-climate-pact-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Express View on new climate change report: It should lead to a review of Paris Climate Pact targets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong>The post is based on the article\u00a0<strong>\u201cExpress View on new climate change report: It should lead to a review of Paris Climate Pact targets\u201d <\/strong>published in the <strong>Indian Express <\/strong>on\u00a0<strong>20th<b>\u00a0May 2023.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Syllabus<\/strong>: GS \u2013 3: Environment and Bio-diversity: Conservation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevance<\/strong>: About Global Climate 2022 report<\/p>\n<p><strong>News<\/strong>: Recently, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) released a report titled \u2018State of the Global Climate 2022\u2019. The report has warned that at least one of the next four years could be 1.5 degrees hotter than the pre-industrial average.<\/p>\n<h2>About the State of the Global Climate 2022 report<\/h2>\n<p>The WMO report pointed out that the global mean temperature last year was 1.15 degrees above pre-industrial levels.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Must read: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/state-of-the-global-climate-2022-the-threat-of-rising-sea-levels\/\">State of the Global Climate 2022: The threat of rising sea levels<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2>What is the status of the temperature increase in India?<\/h2>\n<p>The India Meteorological Organisation recorded 2022 as the fifth-warmest year on record since 2021, and the last decade as the hottest 10 years in the country\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<h2>How are global countries impacted by climate change?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>a)<\/strong> Floods in Pakistan claimed more than 1,500 lives and affected more than 30 million people, <strong>b)<\/strong>\u00a0 Heatwaves led to record temperatures in several parts of Europe last year, leading to droughts and reduced river flows, and <strong>c)<\/strong> North America had its warmest August and forest fires raged in several parts of the US and Australia.<\/p>\n<h2>What should be done to mitigate the impact of climate change?<\/h2>\n<p><strong> Need for greater investments<\/strong>: This is essential especially to build people\u2019s resilience. Such as investments in <strong>a)<\/strong> risk-proof agriculture, <strong>b)<\/strong> building food security, <strong>c)<\/strong> developing flood and cyclone warning systems, and <strong>d)<\/strong> strengthening the defences of coasts and other vulnerable areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increase adaptation funds to developing countries<\/strong>: A UN report last year noted that the international \u201cadaptation finance flows to developing countries are 5-10 times below estimated needs and the gap is widening\u201d. The upcoming COP-28 summit in Dubai must address this gap.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\"><strong>Must read: <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/impact-of-climate-change-on-monsoon-revision-notes-mains-2023\/\">\u00a0Impact of Climate Change on Monsoon<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cExpress View on new climate change report: It should lead to a review of Paris Climate Pact targets\u201d published in the Indian Express on\u00a020th\u00a0May 2023. Syllabus: GS \u2013 3: Environment and Bio-diversity: Conservation. Relevance: About Global Climate 2022 report News: Recently, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) released a report&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/express-view-on-new-climate-change-report-it-should-lead-to-a-review-of-paris-climate-pact-targets\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Express View on new climate change report: It should lead to a review of Paris Climate Pact targets<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10500],"class_list":["post-243257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704953611},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243257\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}