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2024 Set to Be Hottest Year on Record, Exceeding 1.5°C Threshold

Nov 7, 2024, 03:21 AM

2024 is virtually certain to be the hottest year on record, according to multiple sources including the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service. Scientists highlight that this year will exceed the 1.5°C threshold set at the Paris climate conference in 2015. The EU space programme and other experts have confirmed that it would take the impossible to stop 2024 from becoming the warmest year since records began, surpassing the previous record held by 2023.