On 10 January 2025 the European Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that 2024 had been the warmest calendar year in its records, with an average global temperature of 1.60 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level of 1850 to 1900, the first year to exceed the 1.5-degree threshold mentioned in the Paris Agreement. The heat was driven by greenhouse gas emissions, an El Nino event and other factors. This single year does not mean that the Paris target has been broken, since that is measured as a long-term average of about 20 years, but scientists say the world is likely to pass it in the coming decade without much faster cuts in emissions.
Before and after
- 29 December 2024Death of Jimmy Carter
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- 7 January 20252025 Tibet earthquake
- from 7 January 2025 to 31 January 2025January 2025 Southern California wildfires
- 10 January 20252024 is the first year more than 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels
- 29 January 20252025 Potomac River mid-air collision
- 21 February 2025Bara bada bastu
- 23 February 20252025 German federal election
- 28 February 20252025 Trump–Zelenskyy meeting
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