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Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record.

 This year is now almost certain to be the hottest year on record, data
shows. It will also be the first to have an average temperature of more
than 1.5C above preindustrial levels, marking a further escalation of the
climate crisis.

Data for November from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change
Service (C3S) found the average global surface temperature for the month
was 1.62C above the level before the mass burning of fossil fuels drove up
global heating. With data for 11 months of 2024 now available, scientists
said the average for the year is expected to be 1.60C, exceeding the record
set in 2023 of 1.48C.

Samantha Burgess, the deputy director of C3S, said:
“We can now confirm with virtual certainty that 2024 will be the warmest
year on record and the first calendar year above 1.5C. This does not mean
that the Paris agreement has been breached, but it does mean ambitious
climate action is more urgent than ever.”

 Guardian 9th Dec 2024
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/09/climate-crisis-deepens-with-2024-certain-to-be-hottest-year-on-record

December 11, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change