Climate change and air pollution must be tackled together -WMO

Record ID: 1740363

  • Title: Climate change and air pollution must be tackled together -WMO
  • Date: 6th September 2023
  • Summary: VOLOS, GREECE (SEPTEMBER 6, 2023) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DAMAGE DUE TO FLOODING/TOTALLY COLLAPSED NURSING HOME AND ROAD WITH WATER CONTINUING TO FLOW PEOPLE LOOKING AT THE DAMAGE MORE VARIOUS OF DAMAGE TO NURSING HOME AND ROAD SWOLLEN RIVER FLOWING RAPIDLY UNDER BRIDGE (SOUNDBITE) (Greek) CHRISTOS GERMETAKIS, 65, PHYSIOTHERAPIST, SAYING: "Since yesterday, a terrible downpour
  • Embargoed: 20th September 2023 13:51
  • Keywords: WMO climate change heatwave pollution record
  • Location: SEVILLE, SPAIN / CHAMONIX, FRANCE / TBILISI, GEORGIA / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / HANOI, VIETNAM / BEIJING, CHINA / TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA / KOTRONIA, EVROS, GREECE / CANAKKALE, TURKEY
  • City: SEVILLE, SPAIN / CHAMONIX, FRANCE / TBILISI, GEORGIA / GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / HANOI, VIETNAM / BEIJING, CHINA / TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA / KOTRONIA, EVROS, GREECE / CANAKKALE, TURKEY
  • Country: Switzerland
  • Topics: Environment,Europe,Temperature
  • Reuters ID: LVA002972206092023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Climate change is having a measurable impact on air quality and therefore human a World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report said on Wednesday (September 6) as the European Union's Copernicus climate change panel just announced last month was the hottest August on record globally, the third straight month in a row to set such a record.
    August is estimated to have been around 1.5 degrees Celsius hotter than the pre-industrial average for the 1850-1900 period. Pursuing efforts to limit the global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius is a central pledge of the Paris international climate change agreement adopted by 196 countries in 2015.
    July 2023 remains the hottest month ever recorded, while August's record makes the northern hemisphere's summer the hottest since records began in 1940.
    According to the WMO report, the effects of pollution resulting from high temperatures are often overlooked but just as pernicious.
    Examples cited in the report include the north-western United States, where heatwaves triggered wildfires, as well as heatwaves accompanied by desert dust intrusions across Europe.
    Both led to dangerous air quality in 2022.
    (Production: Cecile Mantovani)
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