14/03/2025

Global Warming Surpasses Critical 1.5°C Threshold for the First Time - Lethal Heating Editor BDA


The world has just experienced the hottest 12-month period ever recorded, with average temperatures breaching the 1.5°C climate target.

Key Details

  • The EU's Copernicus climate service recorded the global mean temperature between February 2023 and January 2024 at 1.52°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial average: European Union Earth Observation

  • This temperature was 0.64°C hotter than the previous all-time high during 1991-2020.

  • January 2024 was the hottest global January on record, marking the eighth consecutive month of record temperature highs.

  • Average global sea surface temperatures for January 2024 also broke a record at 20.97°C, exceeding the previous 2016 record January by 0.26°C.

This breach of the Paris Agreement climate target across an entire year sets an alarming precedent. 

Climate scientists emphasise that urgent action to reduce carbon dioxide emissions can still slow warming.


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