United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres believes that humans responsible for global warming pose a "danger" to the planet similar to that of the "meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs." During a speech on climate at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, Guterres stated, "In the case of climate, we are not the dinosaurs. We are the meteor. Not only are we in danger, we are the danger."
He mentioned that May 2024 was the hottest month ever recorded globally, marking the twelfth consecutive month of record temperatures. He added, "The World Meteorological Organization indicates today that there is an 80% chance that the annual average temperature will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius in at least one of the next five years," referencing recent reports from the World Meteorological Organization and the European Copernicus Observatory.
Dozens of leading researchers warned in a study released Wednesday that the increase in Earth's temperature due to human activity has reached an "unprecedented level," as the timeframe to limit the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius narrows. Scientists reported that "human-induced global warming increased at an unprecedented rate in measurements taken using scientific tools, reaching 0.26 degrees Celsius between 2014 and 2023."
