2024 ‘almost certain’ to be hottest year ever as temperatures breach 1.5C target
File photo dated 11/08/22 of a crowd of people watching the setting sun from a hill in Ealing, west London. This year is "virtually certain" to be the world's hottest on record, with temperatures more than 1.5C above pre-industrial times for the first time. The latest data from the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows that global temperatures from January to October were 0.71C more than the average from 1991-2020, the highest on record for the period, and 0.16C higher than the same period for 2023 - the world's hottest year to date. Issue date: Thursday November 7, 2024. PA Photo. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Climate. Photo credit should read: Victoria Jones/PA Wire
This year is “virtually certain” to be the world’s hottest on record, with temperatures more than 1.5C above pre-industrial times for the first time.
The latest data from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) shows that global temperatures from January to October were 0.71C more than the average from 1991-2020, the highest on record for the period, and 0.16C higher than the same period for 2023 – the world’s hottest year to date.
