While the world is talking about increasing drought and consecutive forest fires, the 2024 Climate Change Report published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) of the European Union (EU) revealed alarming data. According to C3S’s data, 2024 has been recorded as the hottest year ever seen globally since statistics were kept in this area in 1850. While the global average temperature measured at 15.10 degrees is 0.72 degrees above the 1991-2020 average and 0.12 degrees above the previous hottest year, 2023, 2024 will also be the first to exceed the 1850-1900 average of the pre-industrial period by 1.5 degrees. It’s been a year.
“QUICK AND DECISIVE ACTION CAN CHANGE THE COURSE”
In his statement about the latest data published, C3S Director Carlo Buontempo emphasized that all international global temperature data show that 2024 is the hottest year recorded since 1850. “Humanity is responsible for its own future. “However, the answer to the question of how we will respond to the problem of climate change should be based on evidence,” said Buontempo, adding, “The future is in our hands. “Swift and decisive action can change the course of climate change in the future,” he warned.
Samantha Burgess, Director of Climate Strategies at the European Center for Medium-Term Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), warned that the temperature values recorded around the world are constantly increasing and said, “We are currently on the verge of exceeding the 1.5 degree temperature increase level defined in the Paris Agreement. “The average of the last two years is already above this level,” he said.
Burgess reminded that climate change has led to unprecedented heat waves and heavy rainfalls that have caused misery for millions of people.
(AA)