The year 2024 is on track to be the warmest on record, with exceptionally high monthly global mean temperatures, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said. The report issued on the first day of the COP29 also highlighted that the ambitions of the Paris Agreement are in great peril.
The world experienced the hottest March ever, making it the tenth month in a row that is the warmest on record, the European Union climate agency said on Tuesday.
The average global temperature in 2022 was about 1.15 [1.02 to 1.27] °C above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels. 2022 is the 8th consecutive year (2015-2022) that annual global temperatures have reached at least 1°C above pre-industrial levels, according to all datasets compile
Extreme heatwaves, drought and devastating flooding have affected millions and cost billions this year, according to the WMO's provisional State of the Global Climate in 2022 report.