Warning signs: warmest ever, emission highs | Explained News, The Indian Express

Warning signs: warmest ever, emission highs | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Sowmiya Ashok |Beijing |Updated: September 25, 2019 8:10:06 am

Warning signs: warmest ever, emission highs

The warmest five-year trend has especially affected large areas of the United States, including Alaska, eastern parts of South America, most of Europe and the Middle East, northern Eurasia, Australia and areas of Africa south of the Sahara.

The report ‘United in Science’ is a synthesis prepared by the Science Advisory Group of the summit.

The average global temperature for 2015-2019 is on track to be the warmest of any equivalent period on record, and July 2019 was the hottest month on record globally, a report released ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit 2019 in New York has found. The warmest five-year trend has especially affected large areas of the United States, including Alaska, eastern parts of South America, most of Europe and the Middle East, northern Eurasia, Australia and areas of Africa south of the Sahara.