State of the Global Climate 2022 Report

• 24 Apr 2023

On April 21, 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its State of the Global Climate 2022 report, which revealed that despite three consecutive years of La Niña cooling, climate change continued to wreak havoc worldwide, with multiple records being broken.

• Global mean temperature in 2022 was 1.15 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial era average.
• The years 2015-2022 were the eight warmest in the instrumental record.
• Greenhouse gas concentrations reached a record high in 2021.
• Global carbon dioxide levels increased to nearly 415.7 parts per million, 149% higher than pre-industrial levels.
• Weather and climate-related events posed humanitarian risks.
• Tens of millions of people were affected, driving food insecurity and mass migration.
• The events cost billions of dollars in loss and damage.
• East Africa faced continuous droughts.
• Record-breaking rainfall in Pakistan and record-breaking heatwaves in China and Europe caused significant damage and economic losses.
• The report emphasizes how populations worldwide are gravely impacted by extreme weather and climate events.
• Melting glaciers and sea level rise, which again reached record levels in 2022, will continue to affect the planet for thousands of years.
• The report calls for accelerated climate action with deeper and faster emissions cuts to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
• The report also calls for massively scaled-up investments in adaptation and resilience, particularly for the most vulnerable countries and communities.