2024 confirmed as first year to breach 1.5°C warming limit

Scientists warn efforts to limit the long-term temperature rise to 1.5°C will fail as data confirms 2024 was the hottest year in human history ... Read More

2024 first year to pass 1.5C global warming limit

Last year was the world's warmest on record, bringing temperatures above a politically symbolic milestone. Read More

Global warming officially breached 1.5°C threshold in 2024

STORY: The world just experienced the first full year in which global temperatures exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial times, scientists said on Friday. 2024 saw temperatures rise on every continent, ... Read More

2024 was the hottest year on record, and the 1st to breach the 1.5 C global warming limit, data reveals

Scientists have warned that the Paris Agreement to limit global warming will likely be breached as data reveals 2024 was the hottest year in human history. Read More

2024 Brought the World to a Dangerous Warming Threshold. Now What?

Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from heating up further. Read More

World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit

For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU's climate service. World ... 4's Today Programme. "Look what's happened this year with only 1.5C ... Read More

What does 1.5C mean in a warming world?

For decades, researchers argued the global temperature rise must be ... major differences in terms of the impacts on the world of 1.5 and 2C. We've summarised the main ones here: "Two degrees ... Read More