Global temperatures passed critical 1.5°C milestone for the first time in 2024

All of the internationally produced global temperature datasets show that 2024 was the hottest year since records began in 1850,

stated Carlo Buontempo, Copernicus director

We are now teetering on the edge of passing the 1.5 Celsius level defined in the Paris Agreement, and the average of the last two years is already above this level,