Temperatures in Mexico are rising faster than the global average
- Researchers at UNAM reported that Mexico's average temperature rose by 1.8°C from pre-industrial times to 2024.
- This warming surpasses the global average of 1.5°C, a limit established by the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement.
- The faster increase affects northern states most and contributed to phenomena like the 48% decline in Veracruz coffee production.
- UNAM senior researcher Francisco Estrada Porrúa said Mexico has been over the 1.5°C rise since 2016, highlighting serious climate impacts.
- As a result, in November 2024, 60 families from Tabasco's El Bosque were relocated due to rising sea levels swallowing their land.
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Temperatures in Mexico are rising faster than the global average
Mexico is warming up faster than the rest of the world, according to researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). In an article recapping the recent event Climate Change in Mexico: Trends, Risks and Policies, the institution noted that temperatures in Mexico have risen by 1.8 degrees Celsius from the pre-industrial period (before 1800) to 2024. That increase is more than the global average of 1.5 degrees Celsius, which it…
Climate change doesn’t stop: Mexico warms up more than the planet’s average
Mexico warms up more than the average of the planet. According to researchers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), what we see is that from the pre-industrial period to 2024 the temperature in the country has risen by 1.8 degrees Celsius (°C), that is, we have warmed up more than the average of the planet and the rate of warming is higher. While the planet has done so at approximately 2 degrees per century, the rate of warmi…
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