2007 Second Warmest Year On Record

ENN, January 11, 2007

WASHINGTON, DC — "With the record for 2007 now complete, it is clear that temperatures around the world are continuing their upward climb", writes Frances Moore in a recent Earth Policy Institute release, "2007 Second Warmest Year on Record". "The global average in 2007 was 14.73 degrees Celsius (58.5 degrees Fahrenheit)-the second warmest year on record, only 0.03 degrees Celsius behind the 2005 maximum. Looking at the northern hemisphere alone, 2007 temperatures averaged 15.04 degrees Celsius (59.1 degrees Fahrenheit)-easily the hottest year in the northern half of the globe since the record began in 1880." Read more...

The Global Environmental Outlook 4 is now available

BBC News, October 25, 2007

• There is "visible and unequivocal" evidence of the impacts of climate change
• Many farming systems have reached their limits of production
• Warmer temperatures and ocean acidification threaten food supplies
  1.8 billion people face water shortages by 2025
• Three-quarters of marine fisheries exploited to or beyond their limits
• Exposure to pollutants causes 20% of disease in developing nations
• Pollution being "exported" to developing world
• About 60% of "ecosystem services" are degraded

Read the report...