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.
