The Robert Koch Institute said lung diseases from forest fires and agricultural dust may become a growing problem, as will skin cancer due to increased ultraviolet radiation as Germany experiences longer periods of cloud-free weather. Germany’s disease control agency warned Thursday that rising temperatures due to global warming will increase the likelihood of heat stroke, vector-borne illnesses and other health risks in the country. LATEST CLIMATE NEWS Government body warns of increased health threats from climate change in Germany This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. (Source: United Nations IPCC, World Meteorological Organization, UNEP, Nasa, climatedata.ca ) 97% of climate scientists agree that the climate is warming and that human beings are the cause.Emissions must drop 7.6 per cent per year from 2020 to 2030 to keep temperatures from exceeding 1.5 C and 2.7 per cent per year to stay below 2 C.In April, 2022 greenhouse gas concentrations reached record new highs and show no sign of slowing.On the current path of carbon dioxide emissions, the temperature could increase by as much as 4.4 C by the end of the century.The world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement target to keep global temperature from exceeding 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels, the upper limit to avoid the worst fallout from climate change.Human activities have raised atmospheric concentrations of CO2 by nearly 49 per cent above pre-industrial levels starting in 1850.Globally, 2022 was the fifth warmest year on record.The Earth is now about 1.1 C warmer than it was in the 1800s.
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The panel has issued a “code red” for humanity and last year it said the window to stop global warming from exceeding 1.5 C was closing. In April 2022, it released a report with solutions for how to drive down greenhouse gas emissions, mainly by transitioning away from fossil fuels. The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has warned for more than a decade that wildfires, drought, severe weather, such as B.C.’s deadly heat dome and catastrophic flooding in 2021, would become more frequent and more intense because of the climate emergency. Environmental groups seek to delay $10 billion LNG project in B.C.Study finds early snowmelt in Western mountains means drier summers, more wildfire risk.government to provide additional $25 million for marine restoration projects The next issue of Sunrise presented by Vancouver Sun will soon be in your inbox. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Manage Print Subscription / Tax ReceiptĪ welcome email is on its way.Westcoast Homes & Design Previous Issues.Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info.
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