气候专家说，数据显示21世纪最初10年很可能是有记载以来最温暖的10年。而2009年是其中最炎热的一年。星期二，世界气象组织在哥本哈根气候会议召开第二天公布了这些数据。有192个国家参加了大会。世界气象组织秘书长雅罗对代表说，明年初公布的最终数据很可能让2009年成为科学家自1850年开始纪录全球数据以来第五热的一年。
联合国秘书长潘基文说，英国大学的邮件泄露事件丝毫没有伤害气候变暖和人类活动有联系的科学研究。潘基文星期二在纽约讲话时说，气候变化发生的速度比预期要快很多的证据“相当明显”。同样，人类活动是主要原因的数据也很充足。
Climate experts say data for the first decade of the 21st century will likely show it to be the warmest on record, with 2009 its hottest year.The World Meteorological Organization released those findings Tuesday on the second day of a 192-nation climate conference in Copenhagen.WMO chief Michel Jarraud told representatives that final analysis early next year will likely show 2009 as the fifth warmest year since scientists began recording global data in 1850.
In a related development, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says e-mails leaked from a British university have done nothing to undermine scientific research linking global warming to human activity.Mr. Ban, speaking Tuesday in New York, said evidence showing climate change happening much faster than anticipated is “quite clear,” as is data that humans are the primary cause.