“Another month, another unprecedented record. The results are very clear,” Ed Hawkins, professor of climate science at the University of Reading, told the Science Media Centre.
“We already have many solutions to get rid of this deadly addiction, but only if different options are chosen to face the issue, and not pretend that it will be solved in the future and therefore The world will be committed to even worse outcomes.”
People across the planet have faced heat waves and droughts this year, while the United States, China, India and other countries have experienced severe flooding.
In Canada, record wildfires partly related to climate change released more carbon dioxide than the country’s total 2021 greenhouse gas emissions, according to the “State of the Climate” report published by a group of leading scientists last month.
The report warns that humanity has moved into “uncharted territory” with warming that threatens life on Earth.