2024 will be the hottest year on record

Arab Weather - The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service announced today, Thursday, that 2024 is likely to surpass 2023 as the hottest year since temperature records began. This announcement comes ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference scheduled for next week in Azerbaijan, where countries will negotiate ways to increase funding to address the repercussions of climate change.

This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. https://t.co/Rwo0ekjylH https://t.co/Rwo0ekjylH

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Record temperatures since the beginning of the year

Copernicus noted that global average temperatures were exceptionally high from January to October, making it almost certain that 2024 will be the hottest year on record unless temperatures drop to record lows in the remaining months of the year. “The climate is warming on all continents and oceans, and we are certain to see records broken,” said Copernicus director Carlo Buontempo.

Main reason: carbon dioxide emissions

Copernicus has confirmed that the main cause of rising temperatures is carbon dioxide emissions from burning coal, oil and gas. In light of this, countries agreed in the 2015 Paris Agreement to try to keep temperature rises below 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid the worst effects of global warming, but current projections indicate that the world may exceed this target by 2030.

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Sources:

Reuters