“Water is a finite good and perhaps we have not been the most efficient in its management. In the last six years, in most European rivers the flow has been below average, which means that we have to adapt to current climatic conditions, in which the availability of water is less than in the past,” he warned.
Do we expect more heat by 2023?
Although it cannot be said that Europeans will suffer more heat this year, it is known that the greater the contraction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere (+2.4% of CO2 in 2022), the more likely there will be more warm years.
“Around the world, some years will be warmer and some years will be cooler. But the chances of warmer years are increasing,” Burgess said, noting that both summers and winters have been warmer than usual in many points.
“We are advancing into unknown territory,” Buontempo warned at a press conference, according to an AFP report.
“The report highlights troubling trends, as 2022 was once again a record year for greenhouse gas concentrations, extreme temperatures, fires, and precipitation, all of which had notable impacts on ecosystems and communities across the continent,” he pointed.
At the global level, the levels of CO2 and methane (CH4), two greenhouse gases, last year reached their highest levels ever measured by satellites, highlights the C3S.
The past eight years were the hottest on record, the report insists. The data confirms the preliminary figures published in January.
With information from AFP and EFE