The world temperature exceeds 1.5 degrees for the first time

The global average temperature in the last twelve months is the highest ever recorded, with 0.64 °C above the 1991-2020 average, and 1.52 °C above the pre-industrial level, according to Copernicus data, which confirms that the climate situation is “very worrying”. according to experts.

The data does not mean that it is surpassed andThe border of the Paris Agreement, since a longer average time of at least ten years above 1.5ºC must be considered to be considered exceeded, but “requires careful monitoring”, as reported by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

It is not that each of the twelve months (February 2023 – January 2024) recorded this anomaly, but the average of the whole was above the stated thermal threshold, as explained to Efe by sources from the European service.

What has happened is that this is the first time that data from the said service has revealed that global temperatures have reached that temperature level “in such a long period of time”.

In addition, January 2024 was the warmest month worldwide on record.

According to the environmental protection organization WWF, Global climate faces ‘seismic moment’ which should encourage countries and companies to “accelerate their efforts” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“This is very worrying,” the organization added in a statement. “Unless there are immediate and deep cuts in emissions across all sectors and regions, the Earth will exceed 1.5°C in the early 2030s” on a sustained basis.

“This new temperature milestone coincides with the fact that global greenhouse gas emissions have also reached an all-time high,” according to Stephanie Roe, senior scientist for global climate and energy at WWF and a member of the UN’s Panel of Climate Experts.

“Without significant reductions in emissions in the coming years, we will exceed the long-term threshold of 1.5°C in the next decade.”

“Prevent any further increase global warming is important. “The more temperatures rise, the more extreme the impacts of climate change will be and the greater the risk of reaching tipping points and irreversible effects.”