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On course for first breach of 1.5C global warming limit this year
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cly0gzxgzrmt(snip)
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As the world turns to climate talks in Baku, projections by the European climate service suggest it is now “virtually certain” that 2024 will be the warmest year on record.
This year has been punctuated by intense heatwaves and deadly storms.
The latest data from the European Copernicus Climate Change Service project 2024 to likely end up at least 1.55C hotter than pre-industrial times. This would make it the first entire calendar year to breach 1.5C of warming, something countries agreed to try to avoid in the 2015 Paris agreement.
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The latest projection means that 2024 could surpass the current record of 1.48C, which was set only last year.
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