British Met Office predicts that global warming may exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius for the first time in 2024

Thanks to CTOnews.com netizens and listen to the clue delivery of the next decomposition! CTOnews.com, December 10 (Xinhua)-- 2024 may be the first time in human history that the global average temperature has exceeded the pre-industrial level of 1.5C, according to the British Met Office. Nick Dunstone of the Met Office said: "for the first time, we predict that this year is likely to temporarily exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius."

Tuyuan Pexels at the 2015 Paris climate conference, countries around the world have reached a consensus to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius in order to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change. If it exceeds 1.5 degrees Celsius, the melting of polar and mountain glaciers may become irreversible and trigger further global warming, regardless of whether human emissions are controlled or not.

Dunstone said that temporarily rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius does not mean a violation of the Paris Agreement, but rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius for the first time can indeed be seen as a key point in climate history.

2023 has been recorded as the hottest year on record, and temperatures are likely to be even higher in 2024. According to the Met Office, temperatures in 2024 are likely to be 1.34 to 1.58 degrees Celsius higher than the average between 1850 and 1900, exceeding 1 °C for 11 consecutive years.

CTOnews.com noted that on November 30, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released a provisional version of the 2023 Global Climate State report on the opening day of the twenty-eighth Conference of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate change (COP28), and declared 2023 to be the hottest year in human history on record.

Data show that by the end of October 2023, the global average temperature was about 1.4 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial level. The World Meteorological Organization also warned that the El Ni ñ o phenomenon that occurred earlier this year could aggravate the hot weather next year.