More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN

2024 sees unprecedented climate disasters, record displacements & extreme weather

In 2024, the world faced unprecedented climate-related disasters, marking a pivotal year in the climate crisis. According to a United Nations’ World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) report, extreme weather events surged due to human-induced climate change. The year saw record-high temperatures, the highest greenhouse gas levels in 800,000 years, and widespread displacement due to climate-induced disasters.  In 2024, over 600 extreme weather eve…

More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN

The devastating impacts of the climate crisis reached new heights in 2024,with scores of unprecedented heatwaves, floods and storms across the globe,according to the UN’s World Meteorological Organization. The WMO’sreport on 2024, the hottest year on record, sets out a trail of destructionfrom extreme weather that took lives, demolished buildings and ravagedvital crops. More than 800,000 people were displaced and made homeless, thehighest yearly…

The clear signs of man-induced climate change reached new heights in 2024, and some of its consequences will be irreversible over hundreds, if not thousands, of years, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO)