Within 20 Years "Earth's Temperature Rises 1.5 Degrees"... Increased Extreme Weather and Inevitable Sea Level Rise

IPCC Approves Sixth Assessment Report Working Group I Report
Global Surface Temperature Rose 1.09 Degrees from 2011 to 2020
Extreme Weather Events Increased About 4.8 Times Compared to Industrialization Era

Satellite image of Earth taken by NASA. Scientists diagnose that Earth has entered the Anthropocene, an era where human impact is visibly evident.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Na Ye-eun] Scientists have predicted that within the next 20 years, the Earth's surface temperature will rise by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to the pre-industrial period (1850?1900). This forecast is up to 12 years earlier than the prediction made by the same panel three years ago, indicating that global warming is accelerating.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations body, approved the 'Sixth Assessment Report, Working Group I Report' containing this information on the 9th. The report's core message is that the global average temperature could rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels between 2021 and 2040. It also predicts that extreme heat events such as heatwaves will increase by 8.6 times compared to the pre-industrial period during this timeframe.

According to the report, the Earth's average temperature over the past decade (2011?2020) has risen by 1.09 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. Extreme weather events such as heatwaves, heavy rainfall, and droughts have also increased approximately 4.8 times compared to the pre-industrial era.

Additionally, global sea levels have risen by 20 cm between 1901 and 2018 due to melting glaciers. The rate of sea level rise has accelerated from an average of 1.3 mm per year between 1901 and 1971 to 3.7 mm per year between 2006 and 2018.

All 195 countries worldwide agreed in 2018, following the IPCC's recommendations, to keep the global average temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius to prevent a climate 'catastrophe.'

Meanwhile, Professor Lee Jun-yi of the Climate Science Research Institute at Pusan National University, who participated in the report's preparation, explained, "If we reduce greenhouse gas emissions from now and achieve carbon neutrality (a stage where greenhouse gas emissions and absorption are balanced, resulting in zero net emissions) by 2050, we can limit the Earth's average temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2100."

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