Average global temperatures are forecast to reach near-record levels in the next five years, \u200cwith Arctic temperatures expected to warm faster than other regions, a report by the UN weather agency and the UK\u2019s Met Office said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The annual report, which gives regional predictions for temperatures and rain, predicts that annual global mean near-surface temperatures will range between 1.3\u00b0C and 1.9\u00b0C above \u200bthe 1850-1900 pre-industrial period.<\/p>\n
In the \u20602015 Paris Agreement, governments promised to try to prevent the average global temperature rise from exceeding 1.5C above pre-industrial levels – \u200babove which severe climate events were seen growing in intensity.<\/p>\n
The report said it is very \u200blikely that the global mean near-surface temperature will temporarily exceed 1.5C above the 1850-1900 average levels for at least one year between 2026 and 2030.<\/p>\n
It also predicts there will be one year between 2026 and 2030 when average global temperatures will exceed the warmest year on record, \u200b2024, when they surpassed 1.5C above the pre-industrial era for the first time.<\/p>\n
Arctic winter temperatures in the northern hemisphere over the next five years are projected to rise at more than 3-1\/2 times \u200bthe global average, reaching around \u200b2.8\u00b0C above the 1991\u20132020 baseline, \u2060according to the report.<\/p>\n
Arctic sea-ice is expected to melt in the month of March over the next half decade in the Barents Sea, Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk.<\/p>\n
Arctic warming could \u200balso disrupt weather systems and prompt more severe weather events, especially in the northern parts of \u200bthe world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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