'Effectively certain': 2024 set to breach 1.5C warming threshold

James Murray
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Latest update from Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms 2024 is almost certain to breach temperature records

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has today warned it is "effectively certain" 2024 will breach global temperature records, surpassing the 1.5C warming threshold set by the Paris Agreement for...

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