The year 2024 is on track to become the hottest year ever recorded after a long series of of exceptionally high monthly global mean temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) in a report published on Monday.
Once again, the WMO’s Update on the State of the Climate in 2024 sounds a red alert regarding the rapid pace of climate change in a single generation, particularly due to the continuous rise in greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere. 2015-2024 will be the warmest decade ever on record.
The loss of glacier ice, rising sea levels, and ocean heating are accelerating, the UN agency notes in a statement, emphasizing that extreme weather conditions are wreaking havoc on communities and economies worldwide.
according to an analysis by WMO, the January-September 2024 global mean surface air temperature surpassed 1.54°C (with a ±0.13°C uncertainty margin), boosted by a warming El Niño event.
“Climate catastrophe is hammering health, widening inequalities, harming sustainable development, and rocking the foundations of peace. The vulnerable are hardest hit,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
The report was issued on the first day of the UN Climate Change Conference, COP29, in Baku, Azerbaijan. It highlights that the ambitions of the Paris Agreement are in great peril.
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