The World Meteorological Agency (WMO) released a new report, warning of accelerating sea level rise in a warming world.
The new report, entitled "The State of the Global Climate 2022" noted that records for sea level rise, glacier melt, and temperatures were broken in 2022.In the latest UN report, the UN agency sheds light on the concerning trends marking the progression of climate change.
The report showed Europe shattering records for glacier melt in 2022 and sea ice in Antarctica dropping to the lowest level on record in February 2022.
In his remarks at the lunch of report, Petteri Taalas, secretary-general of the WMO, said: "We have stored more than 90 percent of the excess heat that we have brought to the planet in the ocean and we have again broken new records in ocean heat content which is, for example, giving more energy for tropical storms, cyclones, hurricanes, and typhoons."
The rate of global sea rise has also doubled since 1993, reaching a new record high as well, he added.
"We have doubled the sea level rise during the past 20 years. We used to have a 2.3mm per year sea level rise - 20 years ago - and recently we have seen 4.6mm per year increases. And that increase is very much coming from the melting of major glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica," Talaas warned.
He further mentioned that global sea level rise could be particularly devastating as many of the biggest cities and areas with the highest population density around the world are in coastal areas, noting that Low lying states like the Netherlands and Bangladesh are also at risk.
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