{"id":29065,"date":"2017-07-06T15:17:25","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T15:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=29065"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:51:39","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:51:39","slug":"amid-rising-temperatures-un-agency-launches-video-forecasts-on-impact-of-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2017\/07\/amid-rising-temperatures-un-agency-launches-video-forecasts-on-impact-of-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid rising temperatures, ±¬ÁÏÍø agency launches video \u2018forecasts\u2019 on impact of climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a year already marked by heatwaves and new daily temperature records, the United Nations weather agency and television weather anchors have joined forces to create video forecasts that explore how climate change would make future summers even hotter in major cities of the world.<\/p>\n

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO<\/a>) and Climate Central, a research and communications organization based in the United States, invited weather presenters from a dozen countries to work with meteorological services and other national experts to explore the implications.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat the weather presenters have created are only possible scenarios, and not true forecasts. Nevertheless, they are based on the most up-to-date climate science, and they paint a compelling picture of how climate change may impact daily life in cities where most of the world\u2019s population lives,\u201d\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas in a press release.<\/p>\n

Cities featured in the \u201cSummer in the City\u201d videos include Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Frankfurt, Hanoi, Havana, Kampala, Madrid, Montreal, Nairobi, Paris, Sofia and Tokyo.<\/p>\n

If greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, the Earth\u2019s average global surface temperature could rise more than 4 degrees Celsius or 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of this century, according to WMO.<\/p>\n

TV weather presenters used two different climate change scenarios \u2013 high emissions and moderate emissions \u2013 and matched each selected city with a city that already experiences such temperatures.<\/p>\n

For instance, in 2100, the citizens of Paris, where daily summer high temperatures now average 22.7 degrees Celsius, may see summer high temperatures hit 29.2 degrees Celsius as experienced today in Fez, Morocco.<\/p>\n

Climate Central has posted an\u00a0interactive map<\/a>\u00a0to visualize these match-ups.<\/p>\n

Many of the assessed cities could see their maximum daily temperatures in summer rise by as much as 6 to 9 degrees Celsius.<\/p>\n

\u201cUrban warming could be double that of surrounding areas due to the presence of stone materials and paved roads. This would lead in particular to higher night-time temperatures,\u201d said Mr. Taalas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe enhanced heat \u2013 and an expected increase in associated extreme weather like summer storms \u2013 will have major implications for energy and water supplies, public health and transportation. More intense heatwaves would also often lead to poorer air quality, which can even be lethal,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The videos are\u00a0posted<\/a>\u00a0on the WMO YouTube channel.<\/p>\n

In a similar exercise, WMO\u00a0previously worked<\/a>\u00a0with some 60 weather presenters on \u201cWeather Reports from the year 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Via ±¬ÁÏÍø News Centre<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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