Global temperatures in 2024 exceeded the crucial 1.5°C threshold above pre-industrial levels for the first time, marking a serious warning for the world’s climate goals under the Paris Agreement, scientists said.
The World Meteorological Organization confirmed that average global temperatures in 2024 exceeded 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels after analyzing data from the U.S., U.K., Japan, and EU researchers. This milestone highlights the accelerating impact of climate change as extreme weather events worsen worldwide.
Scientists warn human-driven climate change is increasing the frequency and severity of extreme events, which will worsen without major fossil fuel cuts.
Heatwaves are becoming hotter and more common globally. What was once a rare event now occurs nearly three times as often and is on average 1.2°C warmer.
Last year, severe droughts affected Italy and South America, while floods devastated regions in Nepal, Sudan, and Europe.
Heatwaves in Mexico, Mali, and Saudi Arabia claimed thousands of lives, and powerful cyclones struck the U.S. and the Philippines.
Wildfires have also intensified, with the blazes in Los Angeles in January destroying thousands of structures. Scientists said that hot, dry conditions fuelled by climate change dry out vegetation, making fires easier to ignite and spread.
Storms and heavy rainfall are worsening as a warmer atmosphere holds more moisture. In 2024, there were record levels of atmospheric water vapor and it became one of the wettest years on record in the U.S.
The Philippines experienced an unprecedented six typhoons within a month, marking a record Pacific storm season.
Scientists agree that without significant greenhouse gas reductions, extreme heat, wildfires, floods, and droughts will continue to worsen.
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A Japanese city near Mount Fuji has cancelled its annual cherry blossom festival, saying growing numbers of badly behaved tourists are disrupting daily life for residents.
Storm Leonardo hit Spain and Portugal on Tuesday, forcing more than 11,000 people from their homes, as a man in Portugal died after his car was swept away by floodwaters and a second body was found in Malaga.
Winter weather has brought air travel in the German capital to a complete halt, stranding thousands of passengers as severe icing conditions make runways and aircraft unsafe for operation and force authorities to shut down one of Europe’s key transport hubs.
An attacker opened fire at the gates of a Shiite Muslim mosque in Islamabad on Friday before detonating a suicide bomb that killed at least 31 people in the deadliest assault of its kind in the capital in more than a decade.
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Greek authorities said they have arrested a member of the armed forces on suspicion of leaking highly sensitive military information to foreign handlers allegedly linked to China.
Rivers and reservoirs across Spain and Portugal were on the verge of overflowing on Wednesday as a new weather front pounded the Iberian peninsula, compounding damage from last week's Storm Kristin.
Morocco has evacuated more than 100,000 people from four provinces after heavy rainfall triggered flash floods across several northern regions, the Interior Ministry said on Wednesday.
Greenland registered its warmest January on record, sharpening concerns over how fast-rising Arctic temperatures are reshaping core parts of the island’s economy.
Storm Kristin has left central Portugal with severe destruction, major power outages and a reconstruction bill that officials say could reach billions of euros.
Storm Kristin has killed at least five people and left more than 850,000 residents of central and northern Portugal without electricity on Wednesday (28 January), as it toppled trees, damaged homes, and disrupted road and rail traffic before moving inland to Spain.
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