The organization stressed that the temperature “more suitable for the Mediterranean than for the Arctic” was measured at a meteorological observation station “during an exceptional and prolonged Siberian heatwave.”
“For much of last summer, mean temperatures in Arctic Siberia were 10 ° C above normal, exacerbating destructive fires, causing massive loss of sea ice and playing a major role in making 2020 one of the three warmest years on record. “, – said in the message.
WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas called the recorded temperature “another indicator of extreme weather and climate events and a wake-up call of our climate change.” He also recalled that a new temperature record for the Antarctic continent was recorded last year – 18.3 ° C.
WMO officials are verifying temperature records in Death Valley (California, USA) and Sicily (Italy) – 54.4 ° C and 48.8 ° C, respectively.
According to scientific studies, global warming in the Arctic is happening twice as fast as in the rest of the planet. The report “Climate of Svalbard in 2100” it saysthat the average temperatures in the archipelago between 2070 and 2100 will rise by 7-10 ° C.
In November 2016 entered into force Paris Climate Agreement, which involves measures to prevent climate change.
The agreement provides for: limiting greenhouse gas emissions to a level where they will be completely absorbed by plants and oceans by the end of this century; slowing the rise in average annual temperature so that it does not exceed by more than two degrees the average annual temperature of the planet in pre-industrial times; creating a fund through which rich countries will help the poor to switch to cleaner energy.
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