“We just had the hottest five-year period on record, with 2015 claiming the title of hottest individual year. Even that record is likely to be beaten in 2016.”
Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General, World Meteorological Organisation
5 years
between 2011 and 2015 have been the hottest on record, officials at the WMO say
258,000
Deaths in East Africa between 2010 and 2012 can be attributed to the warming trend
$40 billion
Cost of flooding in southeast Asia in 2011 can be attributed to the current trend
8,000
People died in the Philippines when Typhoon Haiyan hit, and its impact was worsened by the warming trend
3.4 degrees C
Warming is expected in 2016, despite the Paris Agreement signed in December last year
12 gigatons
The amount of carbon dioxide countries must cut to east the crisis — the same as taking all of Europe’s cars off the roads for 12 years