2024 to be first above 1.5°C norms

According to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2023 was 1.48°C warmer than pre-industrial levels, making it almost certain to be more than 1.5°C higher in 2024

ANNUAL GLOBAL TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES

+1.5°C
+1.0°C
+0.5°C
0°C

1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

2024: Likely to be more
than 1.55°C warmer than
pre-industrial levels,
1850-1900

Sources: Copernicus, ECMWF, COP29

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