Syed Noor E Alam, Staff Reporter, CBN
2024 will be the hottest year since records began. November was the 16th out of the last 17 where global average temperatures have exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times.
Global temperatures were on average 14.10C – 0.73C above the 1991 to 2020 average for November, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
Overall, November 2024 was 1.62C above pre-industrial levels. This makes it the 16th month out of the last 17 where global average temperatures have exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times.
“With Copernicus data in from the penultimate month of the year, we can now confirm with virtual certainty that 2024 will be the warmest year on record and the first calendar year above 1.5°C,” says Samantha Burgess, deputy director of C3S.
This does not mean that the Paris Agreement has been breached, but it does mean ambitious climate action is more urgent than ever.”
So far this year, from January to November, global average temperatures have been 0.72C above the 1991 to 2020 average. This is the highest on record for this period and 0.14C warmer than the same period in 2023.
Information Source: euro news
