European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again
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It's now virtually certain 2024 will be the hottest year on record, and the first with over 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming above the pre-industrial average, according to the European climate agency Copernicus.

Summary

2024 is set to become Earth’s hottest year on record, with global temperatures briefly surpassing the critical 1.5°C warming threshold compared to pre-industrial levels, according to the EU’s Copernicus climate agency.

This milestone, driven by escalating greenhouse gas emissions and intensified by factors like El Niño, highlights the urgency for action as world leaders prepare for the COP29 summit in Azerbaijan.

Despite record adaptation spending, the UN reports a severe funding gap, with the current $28 billion falling far short of the $187-$359 billion needed annually to tackle climate-related impacts like heatwaves and droughts.

  • FollyDolly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    17 days ago

    I just ordered a new AC after the last unit crapped out. In November. My heating is off and I am still wearing my light summer clothes. It used to be into the negatives this time of year and now it’s T shirt weather. Normally we’d have a couple inches of snow by now, instead we don’t even really get rain anymore. I don’t think we can come back from this.

  • ohwhatfollyisman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    16 days ago

    but, hey, we have this super-mega toy that can hallucinate an answer to your esoteric questions for that price!

    that’s got to be a bargain, yes?