The last 8 years have been the hottest in the history of meteorological observations.
This is stated in the annual climate review prepared by the European climate change service Copernicus.
What climate scientists warn about
As reported by the BBC , Copernicus experts have warned that our planet continues to warm at a dangerous rate.
The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is currently at a record high for the last two million years, and methane at a record high for the last 800 thousand years.
Record heat last spring and summer triggered drought and the worst forest fires in Europe in the last twenty years.
Climate cataclysms, the review notes, have exacerbated the food crisis that developed against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Ukrainian conflict.
2022 will be another year of extreme climate events in Europe and around the world, climatologists say.
Scientists warn that without urgent emission reductions and rapid adaptation to a changing climate, the worst consequences of global warming cannot be avoided.
