The year 2023 is just a glimpse of the catastrophic future

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - The spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Stephane Dujarric, said that the year 2023 was the hottest in history, and it is considered “just a glimpse of the catastrophic future that awaits us if we do not act now.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The average temperature in 2023 was 14.98 degrees Celsius, which is 1.48 degrees Celsius higher than the average global temperature during the pre-industrial era (1850-1900), according to the annual report of the European Copernicus Observatory.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Dujarric assured reporters, &quot;The Secretary-General (Antonio Guterres) believes that humanity is currently burning the Earth. The year 2023 is just a glimpse of the catastrophic future that awaits us if we do not act now,&quot; stressing at the same time that the Secretary-General believes in the possibility of avoiding the worst.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Dujarric added: “We must respond to rising temperatures with revolutionary actions. Guterres believes that leaders must commit to new and serious climate action plans, and must end the period of dependence on fossil energy quickly and fairly, and invest in helping the most vulnerable countries confront climate chaos.” .</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> He continued: “We can still avoid the worst catastrophe, but only if we act now with the ambition necessary to limit warming to within 1.5 degrees Celsius and ensure climate justice.”</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The year 2023, which witnessed many unprecedented climate disasters, witnessed an unprecedented rise in temperatures, approaching for the first time throughout the year the limit negotiated in the Paris Agreement of 1.5 degrees Celsius for temperature rise.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Read also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%B9%D8%A7... the scorching year 2023, 2024 may be the hottest year ever!</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/2023-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%... A year of climate extremes and natural disasters in North Africa...what next?</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%84-..., floods, and fires...the most prominent things that happened in 2023</a></p>