It was the hottest in history and exceeded, for the first time, the 1.5 ° C above pre-industrial levels. Scientists warn that, without urgent cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, extreme climate phenomena will become even more frequent and devastating.
Global temperatures in 2024 bringing the world closer to breach of the commitment made by governments in the according to scientists.
The world weather organization confirmed the non -compliance of 1.5 ° C after analyzing data from US scientists, the United Kingdom, Japan and the European Union.
Extreme climate events plagued the world in 2024, with to reach Italy and South America, Sudan and Europe, Mali and Saudi Arabia who killed thousands of disastrous people and cyclones in the US, in or in .
Scientists say that man-induced climate change are making extreme climate events such as hot waves, more frequent and deadly storms, and this trend will remain if the world continues to burn fossil fuel.
“All the climate extremes we assist are occurring in a warmer atmosphere, as well as warmer oceans, and an atmosphere that can carry more moisture. All of this contributes to heat waves, such as those we live in the past, become more intense and obviously also more frequent, “the climate scientist andRich Fischer, because ETH Zurich.
Episodes of intense precipitation can also be more intense because the atmosphere can carry more moisture and “The fact that the atmosphere can carry more moisture, it also implies that it can really extract more moisture from vegetation and surface, and therefore can also make droughts more intense.”
Climate change makes heat waves warmer and more frequent.
This occurs in most terrestrial regions and was confirmed by the UN Global Global Panel (IPCC).
On average, globally, a heat wave that would occur once every 10 years in the pre-industrial climate will now occur 2.8 times over 10 years, and will be 1.2 ° C warmeraccording to an international team of scientists from the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group.
Climate change are making forest fires more frequent and serious.
Dozens of people died in the forest fires in Los Angeles in January 2025. The flames reduced whole neighborhoods to steaming ruins, leaving an apocalyptic landscape. Authorities said at least 12,300 structures were damaged or destroyed.
Climate change increase droughts.
A drier climate helps the fires propagate faster, burning longer and propagating more intensely. The hottest climate also removes moisture from the vegetation.
“Forest fires are a type of complex event. Therefore, there are many factors to take into account, such as forest management, where we build our homes, how much they are. But climate change can also play a role in all this. And it is especially the fact that the forest fires, which imply very hot temperatures and a very dry atmosphere, become more frequent,” he explained, “he explained more frequent,” Erich Fischer-
Forest management and ignition sources are also important factors. In Europe, more than nine out of ten fires are caused by human activities, such as criminal fires, carelessness, electricity lines or scattered glass, according to EU data.
Climate change aggravate storms
Climate change are aggravating storms and torrential rains, as a warmer atmosphere can retain more water, leading to heavy rain. Atmospheric water vapor reached a record in 2024, and the US oceanic and atmospheric administration (NOAA) said this was The third rainy year of which there is record.
Six typhoons hit the Philippines in 30 days in 2024, A record time of storms in the Pacific Ocean, according to the World Weather Attribution (WWA), a global team of scientists who examines the role of climate change in extreme weather events.
The probability of aggravated events like this series of typhoons, or the hurricanes Helene and Milton, who hit the United States Consecutively at the end of September and October, it will increase with global warming, according to WWA.
No drastic cuts in greenhouse gases that cause climate change, heat waves, forest fires, flooding and droughts will be worsened significantly, scientists warn.
