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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report: is it too late? The forecast for the Mediterranean is terrifying

2021-08-11T07:48:53.073Z


The new report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that man-made climate change will accelerate. But an initial forecast looks bleak.


The new report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that man-made climate change will accelerate.

But an initial forecast looks bleak.

Geneva - The report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) clearly shows that climate change threatens humanity.

There is little time left to avert the whole thing.

This has been shown by the results of the physical principles of climate research.

One thing is clear: extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts and heavy rain are increasing.

At the same time, there is a fire around the Mediterranean: besides Italy, Greece and Turkey are particularly badly affected.

There is currently no hope of the all-clear - and the forecast of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change for the Mediterranean region shatters any hope of improvement.

Climate forecast for Europe: the Mediterranean becomes a hotspot

According to

dpa

, the IPCC predicts

a stronger temperature rise

for the region around the Mediterranean

than for the rest of the world.

While heavy precipitation in northern Europe will increase especially in the winter months, there will be less and less rain in the south of the continent in the summer months, according to the

dpa

.

With a view to Europe, it also states that "extreme precipitation and the resulting flooding are


projected to increase in all regions except the Mediterranean if global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees".

The mean temperature in Germany is already 1.6 degrees above the pre-industrial level, as Astrid Kiendler-Scharr from the Institute for Energy and Climate Research at the Jülich Research Center reports to the German Press Agency.

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Fires like the one currently in Greece could occur more frequently in the Mediterranean area in the future.

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Climate Change in Europe: Is It Too Late?

The 1.5 degree mark should be reached by 2030 - ten years earlier than expected. There will be climate changes that cannot be stopped now. As the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows, the sea level on Europe's coasts will rise at least as quickly as the global mean - regardless of future climate protection measures. As a result, floods and floods will increase more and more. In addition, sandy beaches in Europe will increasingly disappear, as the

dpa inferred from

the report.

Researchers at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are currently investigating exactly how these changes will affect people and animals in Europe.

According to

Spiegel,

the second report on climate change will be presented in

February 2022

.

It is already clear to the scientists that climate change will also affect our food production and health.

List of rubric lists: © Vasilis Rebapis via www.imago-images.de

Source: merkur

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