The year 2024 is set to be the hottest on record, following a prolonged period of soaring global temperatures, as revealed in a Monday report on the World Meteorological Organization’s website.
Issued on the opening day of COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, the WMO’s State of the Climate 2024 Update highlights the accelerating pace of climate change and its profound impact on societies and ecosystems worldwide.
COP29 began on Monday, 11 November, and will end on 22 November.
UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, addressed COP29’s official opening today, making an urgent call for global cooperation on climate change.
“We mustn’t let 1.5 slip out of reach. Even as temperatures rise, the implementation of our agreements must claw them back,” said Stiell.
“Clean energy and infrastructure investment will reach two trillion dollars in 2024, almost double that of fossil fuels. The shift to clean energy and climate resilience will not be stopped.
“Our job is to accelerate this and ensure its immense benefits are shared by all countries and all people,” according to the UNCC website on Monday.
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