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Climate crisis drives record displacements as planet exceeds 1.5C

Record numbers of people were forced to flee their homes due to climate-related disasters in 2024, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need for global early warning systems.

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UN report warns of a ‘frightening’ future: ‘Your five-year-old now faces a future with 7 times more heatwaves’

Scientists warn the impacts seen in 2024 will be impossible to reverse

The Independent UK

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

Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced

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UN scientists share surprise at ‘extraordinary’ warming as 2024 passed 1.5C

The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation confirmed last year as the hottest on record.

The Independent UK

The Kyoto climate treaty is hailed on stage but reality tells a different story

A gripping play in London’s West End tells how agreement of the first climate protocol in 1997 was a triumph, as scientists share new warnings about the scale of the crisis

The Guardian - UK

Is climate change to blame for the California wildfires?

Climate scientist say warming temperatures and droughts are making wildfires more frequent and intense.

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Climate Change Brought Extreme Weather, Heat In 2024: UN

Climate change sparked a trail of extreme weather and record heat in 2024, the United Nations said on Monday, urging the world to pull back from the "road to ruin".

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Decade of deadly heat ends with record year as world warned of ‘road to ruin’

The top ten 10 hottest years on record have happened in the last 10 years

The Independent UK

Record year caps ‘decade of deadly heat’, says UN in climate warning

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres the world must ‘exit this road to ruin’ in his new year message.

Evening Standard

Fossil fuel rise drives planet closer to critical climate safety limit

The world is on track to deplete its remaining carbon budget within six years, pushing global temperatures beyond the 1.5C threshold, a major international study has found.

Radio France Internationale

Starmer to tell Cop29 that climate transition offers huge investment opportunity

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to tell the nearly 100 other delegations in Baku that Britain is returning to ‘responsible international engagement’.

Evening Standard

UN climate talks start as experts warn 2024 is heading for record heat

Sir Keir Starmer is among the leaders heading to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the conference.

The Independent UK

Paris Agreement Climate Goals 'In Great Peril', Warns UN

The Paris climate agreement's goals "are in great peril" and 2024 is on track to break new temperature records, the United Nations warned Monday as COP29 talks opened in Baku.

International Business Times

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold

This year is on track to beat 2023’s record heat, the World Meteorological Organisation said

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Cop29: Key questions about the UN climate conference

The meeting kicks off against a backdrop of deadly weather events, extreme conditions and record temperatures in recent months.

The Independent UK

2024 on track for hottest year on record as humanity ‘torching planet’, UN warns

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says international datasets show 2024 outstripping 2023’s record heat.

Salon

"Alarm bells" over greenhouse gases

The temperature increases could spiral out into a "vicious cycle," experts say

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Harris seeks to rally youth vote in Michigan

Democratic presidential candidate campaigns in university city of Ann Arbor as polls show state on knife-edge

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Record greenhouse gas levels lock in decades of global warming

Record-breaking levels of greenhouse gases were recorded in the Earth's atmosphere in 2023 – reaching concentrations not seen for millions of years, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) warned on Monday.

International Business Times

Carbon Cuts 'Miles Short' Of 2030 Goal: UN

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling "miles short" of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.

The Guardian - UK

Planet-heating pollutants in atmosphere hit record levels in 2023

Carbon dioxide concentration has increased by more than 10% in just two decades, reports World Meteorological Organization

The Independent UK

Greenhouse gas concentrations surged to new record last year, UN experts warn

The World Meteorological Organisation said CO2 is accumulating in the atmosphere faster than any time experienced during human existence.

LiveScience

What's the fastest recorded wind speed?

Wind can whip up to surprising speeds, depending on if it's natural or human made.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: One year after the 7 October attacks

As Israel mourns those killed one year ago today, attacks on Lebanon and Gaza continue. Plus: the aftermath of Hurricane Helene

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2023: Driest Year In Decades, Threatening Global Water Security

Learn about the unprecedented dry spell in 2023, impacting global rivers and glaciers due to record-high temperatures and posing severe water security threats.

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