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

For the first time, global ... 1.5C, which is seen as crucial to help avoid the most damaging impacts. This first year-long breach doesn't break that landmark Paris agreement, but it does bring ... Read More

World breaches key 1.5C warming mark for record number of days

The first time this happened ... the warmest year on record, it is not expected to breach the 1.5C warming threshold as a global average across the full 12 months. The world's oceans have also ... Read More

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency

For the first time ... average global temperatures have reached new peaks, as have concentrations of planet-heating gases in the atmosphere. Scientists say the safer 1.5C (2.7F) limit is rapidly ... Read More

2024 on track to be world's warmest year on record

Global average temperatures across the year are on track to end up more than 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, which would make 2024 the first calendar year to breach ... a new record from being ... Read More

Global Temperature Set to Surpass 1.5C Threshold in Hottest Year on Record

This year is “effectively certain” to be the warmest on record with temperatures climbing above a closely watched threshold for the first time. The average global temperature reached 1.62C ... Read More

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold

The World Meteorological Organisation said the global ... This year is set to outstrip even the record heat of 2023, the agency said. Although this breaches a key threshold of 1.5C above pre ... Read More

Has the world abandoned the 1.5C global warming threshold?

This year is now almost certain to be not only the warmest in human history, but also the first to breach the 1.5C global warming barrier agreed by governments around the world as a limit to avoid. Read More

2024 will be the hottest year on record and the first year above 1.5C, scientists confirm

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 ... year on record and the first ... Read More