GENEVA (AP) — With climate disasters costing $200 million a day and irreversible climate catastrophe looming, the world is ‘going in the wrong direction,’ UN says on climate change. says a new report summarizing the latest science.

The World Meteorological Organization has issued the latest grim warning on global warming.said weather-related disasters were on the rise It has increased fivefold over the last 50 years, averaging 115 deaths per day.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres mentioned floods in Pakistanheat waves in EuropeChina etc. droughtHorn of Africaand the United States – and pointed the finger at fossil fuels.

“There is nothing natural about the new scale of these disasters. They are the price of humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels,” he said. “This year’s United in Science report shows that climate impacts are heading into uncharted territory of destruction.”

“But we are getting worse with this fossil fuel addiction every year, even though the symptoms get worse quickly,” he added.

Drawn from data compiled by several UN agencies and partners, the report predicts that global temperature increases will reach 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) over the next five years compared to pre-industrial times48. % possibility. In the next five years, he has a 93% chance that the year will be hit by record heat.

It came out last week amid new warnings from scientists that four climate ‘tipping points’ are likely to be triggered Exceeding the temperature thresholds set in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.

Many governments are already working to address the threat of severe weather from climate change, and data shows that the number of deaths from natural disasters has fallen in recent years.But the economic costs of climate-induced catastrophes are projected to rise sharply.

The UN report says such “loss and damage” can be limited by timely action to prevent further warming and adapt to the now inevitable increase in temperature.Questions on compensation for damages suffered by poor countries as a result of rich country emissions It will play a key role at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Egypt this fall.

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