{"id":2588,"date":"2023-12-14T22:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T09:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/?p=2588"},"modified":"2024-01-24T07:10:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T18:10:07","slug":"2023-the-year-that-broke-climate-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/en\/2023\/2023-the-year-that-broke-climate-records\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: the year that broke climate records"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2588\" class=\"elementor elementor-2588\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2abc0df1 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2abc0df1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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href=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/en\/2023\/2023-the-year-that-broke-climate-records\/\">2023: the year that broke climate records<\/a><\/h1>\r\n            <\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e322a5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e322a5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A wrap-up of 2023&#8217;s major climate events.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f23c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-tfposts-image\" data-id=\"4f23c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"tfposts-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"tf-post-featured-image-4f23c8e\" class=\"tf-post-featured-image\" data-tabid=\"4f23c8e\"> \r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"post-featured-image\">\r\n     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The Paris Agreement states that governments should aim to keep global warming to a maximum of 1.5\u02daC, so this trend of increasing temperatures is alarming.<\/p><p>The estimation for this year\u2019s average temperatures is around <b>+1.40\u02da &#8211; 1.46\u02daC<\/b> above pre-industrial norms, +0.13\u02daC higher than the hottest year on record, 2016. This will make <b>2023 the hottest year since records began.<\/b><\/p><p>In terms of carbon dioxide, levels in the atmosphere are 50% higher than pre-industrial levels.<\/p><p>Scientists across the globe are alarmed at the rate of change in climatic conditions shown in 2023. They are concerned because 20 of the 35 different \u201cvital signs\u201d for the health of the planetary system are now at record extreme levels. <a href=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/en\/2023\/2023-surprises-scientists-at-pace-and-scale-of-climate-change\/\"><u>Read the Plurality.eco article about this here.\u00a0<\/u><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8b6b55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8b6b55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"526\" src=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-climate-measures-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2523\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-climate-measures-image.jpg 729w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-climate-measures-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-climate-measures-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-climate-measures-image-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/plurality.eco\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-climate-measures-image-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Image: 2023 State of the Climate Report, BioScience by Oxford University Press<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3b4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"651f3b4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Month by month<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e9634c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e9634c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In February, Cyclone Gabrielle hit the upper North Island of New Zealand, causing severe damage to homes and agricultural land. It was declared the <b>worst storm to hit New Zealand this century.<\/b><\/p><p>In March, Cyclone Freddy hit Madagascar, Mozambique and Malawi, causing severe damage, and affecting hundreds of thousands of people. Cyclone Freddy travelled 10,000km over 35 days, making it <b>the longest, and also the most powerful storm ever recorded. <\/b>Mozambique received the same amount of rain in one month that it would normally get in a year.<\/p><p>Long-term drought conditions continued to worsen in Central and South America, with <b>rainfall 20-50% lower than normal<\/b> in the first half of the year.<\/p><p>Record-breaking temperatures were recorded in Tunisia, Morocco, and Algeria, with temperatures reaching <b>49-50\u02daC in July.<\/b><\/p><p>The <b>deadliest wildfire in more than 100 years of US history<\/b> occurred in Hawaii at the beginning of August. At least 99 people lost their lives, and whole towns were burned to the ground.<\/p><p>June-July-August 2023, the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere, were <b>the hottest experienced on Earth for at least the past 120,000 years.<\/b> The average global temperature was 16.77\u02daC.<\/p><p>In September, Cyclone Daniel caused<b> extreme rainfall and flooding <\/b>in Greece, Turkey, Libya and Bulgaria, with a heavy loss of lives in Libya in September.<\/p><p><b>October was the most humid month<\/b> since weather records began. This is due to higher-than-normal global temperatures and the El Nino weather event.<\/p><p>The <b>COP28 conference finished mid-December<\/b> in the United Arab Emirates, where the major discussion was about the phase-out of fossil fuels. 2,500 fossil-fuel lobbyists attended the conference. The President of the Conference, the Sultan Al Jaber, declared that there was no scientific proof behind the phase-out of fossil fuels. 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