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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Environment
Emily Beament

2024 was hottest year on record and first to break 1.5C warming threshold, scientists warn

Last year was the hottest on record and the first to breach a key global warming threshold of 1.5C above pre-industrial temperatures, scientists said.

The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) confirmed previous projections that 2024 was the warmest on record globally and the first calendar year that the average temperature exceeded 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

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