2024 became the first year to breach the global warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius

2024 became the first year to breach the global warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius.
2024 was the first year in which global mean temperatures crossed the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
This was confirmed by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
The earth’s average temperature in 2024 was 1.6 degrees Celsius higher than in 1850-1900.
The impacts of climate change are now visible on every continent it is affecting people from the richest to the poorest countries on earth.
2024 was the warmest year in global temperature records. It was 0.72 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average.
Concentrations in the atmosphere of carbon dioxide reached a fresh high of 422 parts per million in 2024.
Under the 2015 Paris Agreement, Governments promised to prevent average temperatures exceeding 1.5C.