2024 confirmed as hottest year on record, highlighting urgent climate action need
- 2024 is confirmed as the hottest year on record, exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, according to six climate agencies including the World Meteorological Organisation and NASA.
- The UN weather agency warns that climate change is causing extreme weather events, including wildfires in Southern California and droughts affecting various regions.
- Australia experienced its second hottest year since 1910, with severe bushfires in the Grampians region burning over 76,000 hectares during the holiday period.
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for urgent climate action to limit long-term global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, emphasizing the need for new national climate action plans.
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