EXTREME WEATHER

Across continents, extreme and contrasting weather became the new normal in the decade that just passed by. The period from 2011 to 2015 has been the warmest five-year on record globally.

The average temperature in 2015 had already risen by more than one degree since the pre-industrial period. While there’s growing fear that 2015’s record-breaking temperatures will be normal by 2030, 2019 had already seen recordbreaking heat for nine consecutive months. The term “climate change” has been rechristened “climate emergency”. According to the World Meteorological Organization, 22 million people were displaced in 2019 due to extreme weather events. Now, weather events displace more people than conflicts in the world.