
CLIMATE CHALLENGE – IS GLOBAL ZERO EMISSION TARGET
N.S.Venkataraman
ACHIEVABLE ?
The State of the Global Climate report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed that the year 2023 was the warmest year on record., with the global temperature of 1.4 deg.Celsius above pre industrial 1850 -1900 baseline. In a subsequent report published in March,2024, the World Meteorological Organization said that while the year 2023 capped off the warmest 10-year period on record , even hotter temperatures are expected in the year 2024. It confirmed its fear that there is a high probability that 2024 will again break the record of 2023.
Global temperature rise would inevitably lead to several adverse consequences ...