Representatives of the European Climate Change Service Copernicus have made an important statement.
They have warned the general public that the outgoing year 2024 will be – “virtually certainly” – the hottest in the history of meteorological observations.
According to experts, the average temperature on the Earth's surface since the beginning of the year was 0.72 degrees Celsius higher than the average recorded between 1991 and 2020.
This is 0.14 degrees Celsius higher than for the same period in 2023, which is the hottest calendar year so far, TASS Service experts quote .
Forecasts
They added that with less than a month left in 2024, it was "virtually certain" that the outgoing year would be warmer than 2023.
Accordingly, the report emphasizes, 2024 will most likely be the warmest year in the entire history of meteorological observations.
According to experts, the average temperature in the outgoing year will be one and a half degrees (Celsius) higher than the pre-industrial era.
They do not rule out that the increase could reach 1.6 degrees Celsius.
What's wrong with November
Why is the 1.5 degree mark important? Because exceeding the average temperature in the pre-industrial era by this value is a target in global climate policy.
The fact is that states have agreed to reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere in order to prevent such an excess of temperature on the planet of people in the coming decades.
At the same time, experts also point out that November 2024 turned out to be slightly cooler than November 2023.
If in November of the outgoing year the average temperature was 14.1 degrees Celsius, then for the same month a year earlier it was 14.2 degrees.
However, November 2024 still appears in meteorological reports as one of the warmest months – the average temperature exceeded the pre-industrial era level by 1.62 degrees.
