EU scientists warn 2024 set to shatter global temperature records

It's this relentless nature of the warming that I think is worrying,

said Carlo Buontempo, director of Copernicus

The heat waves, storm damage, and droughts that we are experiencing now are just the tip of the iceberg,

said Natalie Mahowald, chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University

I think we have missed the 1.5 degree window,

said Jackson, who chairs the Global Carbon Project, a group of scientists who track countries’ carbon dioxide emissions

The decision, clearly, is ours. It’s of each and every one of us. And it’s the decision of our society and our policymakers as a consequence of that,

he said

A very strong El Niño event is a sneak peek into what the new normal will be about a decade from now,

said Zeke Hausfather, a research scientist with the nonprofit Berkeley Earth

The average temperature anomaly for the rest of 2024 would have to drop to almost zero for 2024 to not be the warmest year,

the agency said

This marks a new milestone in global temperature records and should serve as a catalyst to raise ambition for the upcoming climate change conference,

said Dr Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service

The most effective solution to address the climate challenges is a global commitment on emissions,

said Buontempo

Our civilisation never had to cope with a climate as warm as the current one,

said Carlo Buontempo, the director of Copernicus

With the UN climate talks looming, the UK must bring in stronger plans for delivering on our climate and nature targets, as well as a credible strategy to prepare us for the extreme weather and wider effects of climate change that are already baked in.

Mr Childs adds

The time for dither and delay is long gone

Mr Childs added

Our ailing planet is sending us every signal that it is in crisis – the latest being the deadly floods in Spain which have claimed the lives of so many and wreaked colossal damage.

Mike Childs, head of science, policy, and research at Friends of the Earth, says

Sonia I. Seneviratnestudy co-author

The limits that were set in the Paris agreement are starting to crumble given the too-slow pace of climate action across the world,

Ms Seneviratne said

The fundamental, underpinning cause of this year’s record is climate change,

C3S director Carlo Buontempo told Reuters

The climate is warming, generally. It’s warming in all continents, in all ocean basins. So we are bound to see those records being broken,

he said

These type of events will get worse and they will get more frequent,

said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of Copernicus