2024: The First Year of Global Temperature Increase

• Copernicus Climate Change Service data indicates 2024 as the first year where global temperature rose 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

• Annual climate conferences aim to limit emissions to keep temperatures below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

• Experts suggest 2024’s high carbon emissions may represent a point of no return.

• 2024 was the warmest year in global records, with an average temperature of 15.1 degrees Celsius.

• El Nino, a warming of the Central Equatorial Pacific, began in June 2023 and continued into 2024.

• The increase in global temperature has significant implications for developing economies.