ISTANBUL: A new study published Thursday revealed that even if the Paris Agreement pledges are fully met, the Earth is projected to warm by 2.6 °C (4.7 °F) by 2100, resulting in 57 additional extremely hot days each year.
The study, “Ten Years of the Paris Agreement: The Present and Future of Extreme Heat,” by Climate Central and World Weather Attribution analyzes global extreme heat trends since the 2015 Paris Agreement and how current emission pledges will shape future heat extremes.
If the emissions reduction pledges are fully carried out, the study notes that the rise in global temperatures would be limited to 2.6 °C (4.7 °F) by 2100.
But even under that scenario, the Earth would see 57 additional extremely hot days per year compared to the current average of 11 extra hot days at around 1.3 °C (2.3 °F) of warming.
Before the Paris targets of limiting warming to 1.5 °C (2 °F) and well below 2 °C (3.6 °F), projected warming was 4 °C (7.2 °F) by the end of this century, which would have added 114 extremely hot days per year.
The report underscored that for almost 30 countries, lowering projected warming from 4 °C to 2.6 °C would cut an average of at least 100 extremely hot days per year.
The Solomon Islands, Panama, Saint Lucia, Guyana and Indonesia are among those that will face the largest increases in hot days at global warming levels of 2.6 °C, according to the study.
“The highest possible ambition as set out in the Paris Agreement to achieve deep, rapid, and sustained emissions reductions is urgently needed,” notes the study, stressing that “costs of inaction on extreme heat are rising faster than adaptation.”
In a separate development, Meteorologists recently warned that Pakistan could face an unusually cold winter after decades due to the rare climate phenomenon “La Niña.”
However, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) dismissed these “predictions.” They called them baseless and urged the public not to believe in unfounded rumours about extreme cold weather this year.
Meteorologists had recently predicted an unusually cold winter in Pakistan after decades, linking it to the rare climate phenomenon “La Niña.”
However, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has rejected these claims, calling them baseless.
PMD took to the social media platform X, stating, “The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), as the sole national authority for weather and climate monitoring, issues this clarification in response to unverified reports and social media content suggesting that Pakistan will experience an ‘Extremely cold winter.'”
The statement further added, “These claims are scientifically unfounded and not supported by PMD’s seasonal outlook or current global climate indicators.”
The department urged the public not to believe in rumours about extreme cold this winter.
