24 climate predictions for 2024
11 months, 2 weeks ago

24 climate predictions for 2024

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by Grist. Naveena Sadasivam — Senior staff writer covering environmental justice and accountability ‘Greenhushing’ spreads as companies seek to dodge lawsuits Just a few years ago, splashy corporate climate promises were everywhere. But there won’t be as many misleading Kate Yoder — Staff writer examining the intersections of climate, language, history, culture, and accountability A global treaty to end plastic pollution faces delays Delegates from around the world have been working to finalize a U.N. treaty by the end of 2024 that will “end plastic pollution.” They’ve had three negotiating sessions so far, and two more are scheduled for later this year. Tik Root — Senior staff writer focusing on the clean energy transition Climate Impacts El Niño peaks, bringing a preview of life in the 2030s Last year brought the onset of the latest cycle of El Niño, a natural phenomenon that spurs the formation of a band of warm water in the Pacific Ocean and fuels above-average temperatures globally. Jake Bittle — Staff writer focusing on climate impacts and adaptation Despite barriers, workplace heat standards make slow progress Earlier this year, Miami-Dade County in Florida — where the region’s humidity makes outdoor workers especially vulnerable to extreme heat — was poised to pass one of the most comprehensive and thoughtful workplace heat standards in the country.

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“An exclamation point on global warming”: Climate scientists warn 2024 was marked by broken records
4 days, 19 hours ago

“An exclamation point on global warming”: Climate scientists warn 2024 was marked by broken records

Salon  

The year 2024 is on track to be the hottest in recorded history, as humanity has officially exceeded the 1.5º C threshold established by the 2015 Paris climate accord. Dr. Peter Kalmus, a NASA climate scientist who emphasized his opinions are his own, noted that heating is accelerating “and is now substantially more rapid than it was a decade ago.” …

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record
1 week, 4 days ago

NOAA: 2024 temperatures set to break last year’s global record

Politico  

NOAA’s findings are an ominous sign for global efforts to keep global temperatures from rising 1.5 C since the Industrial Revolution, a goal set out in the Paris climate agreement. Climate scientists had predicted earlier this year that 2024 would set a new record, but the trends are even more worrying than anticipated, said Zeke Hausfather, a research scientist at …

2024 on its way to being the hottest year ever, break record set in 2023
2 weeks ago

2024 on its way to being the hottest year ever, break record set in 2023

India Today  

2024 is set to become the hottest year on record, with global temperatures expected to remain elevated into early 2025. This alarming prediction from European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service follows a series of extreme weather events worldwide, including severe droughts, floods, and heatwaves that have wreaked havoc across multiple continents. C3S reported that from January to November 2024, average …

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record
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2 weeks ago

EU climate monitor says 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

Al Jazeera  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service says this year is sure to eclipse 2023 as the hottest yet. Europe’s climate monitor says 2024 is “effectively certain” to be the hottest on record and the first year above the 1.5 degrees Celsius climate benchmark, a critical threshold to protect the Earth from dangerously overheating. The Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Monday …

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Climate myopia: This year’s CoP was a big disappointment but small surprise

Live Mint  

The 29th Conference of the Parties to Climate Change came to an end on 24 November 2024 with deep disappointment on the outcomes—not just on finance, but on most other aspects of the agenda. With grossly inadequate mitigation of the crisis, the climate finance that developing countries can legitimately asl for will increase exponentially, leading to continued disappointment from a …

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku
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1 month, 1 week ago

2015-2024 declared hottest decade ever as COP29 kicks off in Baku

India Today  

As COP29 convenes, the global community is met with a dire warning from the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. The WMO’s State of the Climate 2024 Update issued a red alert, pointing at the swift acceleration of climate change within a single generation. From January to September 2024, global mean surface air temperatures were 1.54°C above pre-industrial levels, a significant increase …

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion
1 month, 1 week ago

A shadow ‘financial crisis’ has cost the world $2 trillion

CNN  

CNN — Last month, two major storms, Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton, caused a total of between $51.5 billion and $81.5 billion of property damage, mostly to Southeastern US states, according to estimates from CoreLogic. The report from the International Chamber of Commerce, which comes as the United Nations Climate Change Conference begins in Azerbaijan this week, estimated that the …

2024 Is 'Virtually Certain' To Be Hottest Year On Record, Climate Agency Says
1 month, 2 weeks ago

2024 Is 'Virtually Certain' To Be Hottest Year On Record, Climate Agency Says

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING 2024 is “virtually certain” to be the hottest year in recorded history and the first to exceed the warming limit that scientists agree the planet must stay beneath to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. The Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union agency that monitors warming trends, said this year is on track to exceed …

European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

European climate agency says this will likely be the hottest year on record — again

New Indian Express  

CHICAGO: For the second year in a row, Earth will almost certainly be the hottest it’s ever been. And for the first time, the globe this year reached more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming compared to the pre-industrial average, the European climate agency Copernicus said Thursday. Buontempo said the data clearly shows the planet would not see such a …

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest year on record: EU climate agency

Raw Story  

A day after U.S. voters elected climate-denying Republican Donald Trump in the presidential race, soon ushering in an administration that is sure to expand fossil fuel drilling, the European Union's Earth observation agency announced that 2024 is "virtually certain" to be the hottest year on record and to hit a worrying temperature milestone. While a single year above the 1.5°C …

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say
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1 month, 2 weeks ago

2024 will be world's hottest on record, EU scientists say

The Hindu  

This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Thursday. C3S said that from January to October, the average global temperature had been so high that 2024 was sure to be the world's hottest year — unless the temperature anomaly in the rest of the …

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Year 2024 to be the first to breach 1.5C warming limit: EU climate agency

Al Jazeera  

The Copernicus Climate Change Service warning comes days before nations are due to gather for crunch climate talks led by the UN. On Thursday, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said this year is also “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began. “This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a …

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again
2 months ago

Earth is likely to have its hottest year on record – again

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr. Gavin Schmidt, the director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, wrote on social media Tuesday that new …

New research forecasts a future of freakier weather, but experts say the risks may be downplayed
3 months, 1 week ago

New research forecasts a future of freakier weather, but experts say the risks may be downplayed

Salon  

The effects of climate change are being felt more and more each year. "Our study shows that extreme temperature and rainfall will increase rapidly over many regions of the world over the next two decades compared to the changes we have experienced in the past due to natural variations in the climate," lead author Dr. Carly Iles from the CICERO …

Climate change: Planet endures 12 straight months of unprecedented heat
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Climate change: Planet endures 12 straight months of unprecedented heat

CNN  

CNN — The planet just marked a “shocking” new milestone, enduring 12 consecutive months of unprecedented heat, according to new data from Copernicus, the European Union’s climate monitoring service. The 12-month heat streak was “shocking but not surprising” given human-caused climate change, said Carlo Buontempo, the director of Copernicus, who warned of worse to come. Copernicus released its data the …

This summer could be even hotter than last year, climate scientists warn
6 months, 4 weeks ago

This summer could be even hotter than last year, climate scientists warn

Salon  

Marine scientist Sharon Gray lives on a catamaran off the Florida west coast. As the cyclical La Niña weather pattern in the Pacific combines with rising sea surface temperatures, Gray predicts a "devastating" hurricane will occur in summer 2024. Gray said that the upcoming summer will bring with it increased melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, which will …

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe
8 months, 1 week ago

Two years to save the world from climate catastrophe

Live Mint  

“Two years to save the world.” As far as opening lines of speeches go, that would be dramatic in most contexts. In fact, there’s growing disquiet among climate scientists that it is possible that the rate of climate impacts may have been understated—the world seems to be heading for runaway temperature rise; and climate “tipping points” that had seemed far …

The accelerating chaos of the climate crisis
9 months ago

The accelerating chaos of the climate crisis

Live Mint  

The World Meteorological Organization’s annual State Of The Global Climate reports serve as an important snapshot of the different indicators for a warming world. During the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world’s nations had agreed to work together to limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. According to the report, in 2023, the global average temperature was …

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
9 months ago

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world’s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate. “Never have we been so close – albeit on a temporary basis at …

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat
9 months ago

UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat

Al Jazeera  

The World Meteorological Organization warns there is a ‘high probability’ that 2024 will be another record-hot year. The United Nations’ weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-breaking increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and the melting of glaciers and sea ice. “Never have we been so close – albeit on a …

Column: Biden’s State of the Union address should give us hope on climate
9 months, 1 week ago

Column: Biden’s State of the Union address should give us hope on climate

LA Times  

If I were a pessimist, I might start today’s newsletter by telling you that Earth just wrapped up its ninth straight month of record-breaking temperatures. “I’m cutting our carbon emissions in half by 2030; creating tens of thousands of clean energy jobs, like the IBEW workers building and installing 500,000 electric vehicle charging stations; conserving 30% of America’s lands and …

2023 El Nino among 5 strongest on record, will fuel heat in 2024: Report
9 months, 2 weeks ago

2023 El Nino among 5 strongest on record, will fuel heat in 2024: Report

Firstpost  

In January, the global mean temperature broke the 1.5-degree Celsius mark for the first time in a year, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service Global record temperatures and extreme weather occurrences were fueled by the existing El Nino conditions, with 2023 being the warmest year on record Image Courtesy Agencies The World Meteorological Organization warned today that …

Earth surpassed 'doomed' 2.7F global warming limit for the first time in 2023 - which scientists say was hottest in 100,000 years
10 months, 1 week ago

Earth surpassed 'doomed' 2.7F global warming limit for the first time in 2023 - which scientists say was hottest in 100,000 years

Daily Mail  

The Earth exceeded 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit of warming in a 12-month period for the first time since scientists began recording global temperatures. Last year was the hottest year on record, and scientists suspect El Niño and global warming combined to make it the hottest year in 100,000 years. Climate predictions that came true In the late 1970s, petroleum company ExxonMobil …

Scientists explain Antarctica’s raving 2022 heatwave in groundbreaking papers
11 months, 1 week ago

Scientists explain Antarctica’s raving 2022 heatwave in groundbreaking papers

The Hindu  

Climate scientists don’t like surprises. But they provide scientists a deeper understanding of the links between the tropics and Antarctica – and give the global community a chance to prepare for what a warmer world may bring. When the tropical air collided with this so-called “blocking high”, it caused the most intense atmospheric river ever observed over East Antarctica. The …

In Graphics | Why 2023 was the hottest year on record
11 months, 1 week ago

In Graphics | Why 2023 was the hottest year on record

Firstpost  

2023 was the warmest calendar year in global temperature data records dating back to 1850, according to a report released on Tuesday by the European Climate Agency. Earth broke all previous records for annual heat, verged on the global warming threshold, and displayed additional symptoms of a feverish planet last year, the report said. January 2024 is also on track …

2023 confirmed as hottest year ever as climate records ‘tumbling like dominoes’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

2023 confirmed as hottest year ever as climate records ‘tumbling like dominoes’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The findings are hardly surprising, but a global gut-punch nonetheless: 2023 has been confirmed as …

What climate records were broken in 2023
11 months, 3 weeks ago

What climate records were broken in 2023

Al Jazeera  

The year 2023 has been the hottest on record, according to scientists. 2023 has now had six record-breaking months and two record-breaking seasons,” Samantha Burgess, deputy director of Copernicus Climate Change Service, said in a statement this month. The strong weather pattern, responsible for higher global temperatures, has contributed to the catastrophic extremes seen in 2023. "As long as greenhouse …

2023 proved that climate change isn't coming — it's here, and things are spiraling out of control
1 year ago

2023 proved that climate change isn't coming — it's here, and things are spiraling out of control

Salon  

Politicians often speak of climate change as a problem for future generations to solve, but many scientists say the time to act is now and that the climate has already changed — it's not a far-off scenario. The year "will see a new global surface temperature record" which "underscores the fact that the planet is continuing to warm as we …

Scientists have confirmed 2023 is the hottest year on record, with a month to spare
1 year ago

Scientists have confirmed 2023 is the hottest year on record, with a month to spare

ABC  

Scientists have confirmed 2023 will be the hottest year on record, with the official declaration from climate change service Copernicus, run by the EU, made with a month to spare. Key points: An EU-run climate change service declares 2023 the hottest year on record The call comes as Australia is in the grip of a heatwave The global mean temperature …

2023 declared hottest year on record as UN slams climate inaction
1 year ago

2023 declared hottest year on record as UN slams climate inaction

Al Jazeera  

The temperature record was confirmed as a UN official condemned ‘posturing’ at COP28 climate summit. Europe’s climate monitor has declared that 2023 will be the hottest year on record, as a United Nations official used the COP28 climate summit to slam inaction. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service confirmed on Wednesday that the current year will be the “warmest” …

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports
1 year ago

Past decade was the hottest on record as climate change ‘surged alarmingly,’ WMO reports

CNN  

CNN — The decade between 2011 and 2020 was the hottest on record for the planet’s land and oceans as the rate of climate change “surged alarmingly,” according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization. Climate pollution from all fossil fuel types — coal, oil, and natural gas — increased around the world, the Global Carbon Project found, …

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real
1 year ago

Progress on climate change has been too slow. But it’s been real

Hindustan Times  

The agreement at the conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which took place in Paris in 2015, was somewhat impotent. But it could at least lay down the law for subsequent COPs, decreeing that this year’s should see the first “global stocktake” of what had and had not been done to bring the agreement’s …

2023 set to be hottest year ever: UN
1 year ago

2023 set to be hottest year ever: UN

The Hindu  

This year is set to be the hottest ever recorded, the UN said on November 30, demanding urgent action to rein in global warming and stem the havoc following in its wake. The UN's World Meteorological Organization warned that 2023 had shattered a whole host of climate records, with extreme weather leaving "a trail of devastation and despair". The WMO …

UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead
1 year ago

UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead

The Independent  

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UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead
1 year ago

UN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The U.N. weather agency said Thursday that 2023 is all but certain to be the hottest year on record, and warning of worrying trends that suggest increasing floods, wildfires, glacier melt, and heat waves in the future. “And in the next decade we are more or less going to be there on a permanent basis.” …

Planet Earth Is On Life Support, Scientists Warn
1 year, 1 month ago

Planet Earth Is On Life Support, Scientists Warn

Huff Post  

If Earth were a human, it would already be in the emergency room. An international team of scientists on Tuesday issued a new assessment of planetary health that says the world has entered “uncharted climate territory” and that “life on planet Earth is under siege.” The report, published in the journal BioScience, found that 20 of 35 identified “vital signs” …

This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say
1 year, 3 months ago

This summer was a global record breaker for the highest heat ever measured, meteorologists say

The Hindu  

Earth has sweltered through its hottest Northern Hemisphere summer ever measured, with a record warm August capping a season of brutal and deadly temperatures, according to the World Meteorological Organization. Editorial | Mercury rising: On an ‘era of global boiling’ The world's oceans — more than 70% of the Earth's surface — were the hottest ever recorded, nearly 21 C, …

Editorial: Five takeaways from the first year of America’s biggest climate law
1 year, 4 months ago

Editorial: Five takeaways from the first year of America’s biggest climate law

LA Times  

President Biden drives a Cadillac Lyriq through the showroom during a tour at the Detroit Auto Show last year. One year ago, President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act, the nation’s most significant action yet to combat climate change. The law dedicated $369 billion to boost renewable energy production and manufacturing, help homeowners install rooftop solar panels, switch to efficient …

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today
1 year, 4 months ago

CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Here’s what you need to see and know today

Associated Press  

Leaders and ministers of eight nations that span the Amazon rainforest are meeting in Brazil to chart a course for the protection of a region that’s crucial to countering climate change. Evidence of that climate change has been scattered across the globe this year, ranging from crushing heat to costly droughts and devastating flooding. —Tuesday was the first time since …

New data reveals 2023 is on track for record heat — and next year should be even hotter
1 year, 4 months ago

New data reveals 2023 is on track for record heat — and next year should be even hotter

ABC  

Earth has just passed another climate milestone. After widespread global heatwaves through June and July, 2023's average air temperature for the year so far is 14.99 degrees Celsius — just passing the previous high of 14.98C from seven years ago. Next year likely to be warmer If you look back through global temperatures since 1950, there's an obvious trend: the …

UK’s 40C summer of 2022 ‘will seem cool’ as extreme weather events become frequent, Met Office warns
1 year, 4 months ago

UK’s 40C summer of 2022 ‘will seem cool’ as extreme weather events become frequent, Met Office warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The sweltering 40C summer in Britain last year “will be considered cool” by the turn …

World’s hottest month in years: NASA warns July 2023 likely to be warmest month
1 year, 5 months ago

World’s hottest month in years: NASA warns July 2023 likely to be warmest month

Live Mint  

NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt said on Thursday that July 2023 could possibly be the world's hottest month in "hundreds, if not thousands, of years." "We are witnessing unprecedented changes worldwide - the heatwaves in the US, Europe, and China are setting new records consistently," he stated. The current situation increases the chances of 2023 becoming the hottest year on record, …

June temperatures briefly passed key climate threshold. Scientists expect more such spikes
1 year, 6 months ago

June temperatures briefly passed key climate threshold. Scientists expect more such spikes

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Worldwide temperatures briefly exceeded a key warming threshold earlier this month, a hint of heat and its harms to come, scientists worry. Researchers at the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said Thursday that the start of June saw global surface air temperatures rise 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the first time. “Just because we’ve temporarily …

Explained | How El Nino could impact the world's weather in 2023-24
1 year, 6 months ago

Explained | How El Nino could impact the world's weather in 2023-24

The Hindu  

Countries are racing to prepare for extreme weather later this year as the world tips into an El Nino — a natural climate phenomenon that fuels tropical cyclones in the Pacific and boosts rainfall and flood risk in parts of the Americas and elsewhere. Peru has set aside $1.06 billion to deal with El Nino's impacts and climate change, while …

There Is 98% Chance That 2023-2027 Will Be Warmest Five-Year Period On Record: UN
1 year, 7 months ago

There Is 98% Chance That 2023-2027 Will Be Warmest Five-Year Period On Record: UN

ABP News  

The United Nations has said that there is a 98 per cent chance that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year-period on record. The UN also said in a statement that dated May 17, 2023, that there is a 98 per cent probability that at least one of the next five years will be the warmest ever. According to the UN, …

'Sounding the alarm…next five years may be hottest ever': UN weather agency
1 year, 7 months ago

'Sounding the alarm…next five years may be hottest ever': UN weather agency

Hindustan Times  

It is near-certain that 2023-2027 will be the warmest five-year period ever recorded, the United Nations warned Wednesday as greenhouse gases and El Nino combine to send temperatures soaring. Global temperatures are soon set to exceed the more ambitious target set out in the Paris climate accords, with a two-thirds chance that one of the next five years will do …

Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon
1 year, 7 months ago

Flirting with climate danger: UN forecasts 2 in 3 chance of briefly hitting key heat limit soon

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy There’s a two-out-of-three chance …

‘A year of extremes’: What World Meteorological Organization’s 2022 report says about the state of global climate
1 year, 8 months ago

‘A year of extremes’: What World Meteorological Organization’s 2022 report says about the state of global climate

Firstpost  

The UN agency’s 2022 report has some worrying findings about climate change that has fuelled extreme weather events. Published on Friday, the State of Global Climate 2022 report by the World Meteorological Organization makes some worrying revelations about record-high temperatures, melting glaciers and rising pollution. What have the findings of WMO’s report on the state of global climate revealed about …

‘Off the charts’: UN report highlights rapid climate breakdown
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Off the charts’: UN report highlights rapid climate breakdown

Al Jazeera  

Record levels of greenhouse gases have caused “planetary scale changes on land, in the ocean and in the atmosphere”, a UN agency says in a report that shows the past eight years were the hottest ever recorded on Earth. Global sea levels are rising at more than double the pace they did in the first decade of measurements from 1993 …

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