Typhoon Gaemi approaches China's Fujian Province in July.
Photographer: Jiang Kehong/Xinhua/Getty ImagesHottest Year Ever Sees World Breach 1.5C Global Warming Target
2024 was the hottest year on record, five science agencies confirm, and three say it was the first to exceed the climate change limit set by the Paris Agreement.
Earth’s warming exceeded 1.5C on an annual basis for the first time in 2024, according to three major climate science agencies. It’s the most potent evidence yet that countries are failing to meet a Paris Agreement goal of limiting global heating to that level as a decades-long average.
The Paris target of staying below 1.5C “is unobtainable,” scientist Robert Rohde said in a statement issued by Berkeley Earth, one of the record-keeping groups. The world may surpass the largely symbolic mark within five or 10 years, Rohde said. Nevertheless, “urgent action is still needed to limit man-made climate change,” he added.