State Of The Climate In Asia 2023 Report:
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) published the State of the Climate in Asia, 2023, report.
- State of the Climate in Asia 2023 Report was launched by the World Meteorological Organisation.
- Important highlights of the report are:
- More than nine million people across Asia were affected by 79 extreme climate disasters reported on the continent in 2023.
- Asia and the Pacific was the most disaster-impacted region last year.
- Atmospheric concentration of the three major greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – reached record highs in 2022.
- Oceans have absorbed around 25% of annual man-made carbon dioxide emitted into the atmosphere between 1960 and 2021.
- The trend continues, and ocean heat content in 2023 was the highest on record.
- The tropical cyclone activity over the North Indian Ocean was slightly above average.
- Asia recorded its second-highest mean temperature on record in 2023. Japan and Kazakhstan observed record warm years.
- Glaciers continued to retreat at an accelerating rate in 2023.
- High temperatures and dry conditions in East Himalayas and Central Asia’s Tian Shan mountains accelerated glacial mass loss.
