Greenhouse gas emission. Photo credit: National Environmental Education Foundation
The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) says November 2024 was the second warmest on record.
In its report released on Monday, C3S said the average surface temperature of November 2024 was 14.10°C, indicating a 0.73°C increase from 1991-2020 levels after November 2023.
The organisation noted that it was 1.62°C above the pre-industrial level, and the 16th month in 17 months to exceed 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
It said November 2024 saw a global-average temperature anomaly of 0.72°C, which is the highest in the 1991-2020 period and 0.14°C warmer than the same period in 2023.
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Samantha Burgess, deputy director of C3S, said the new data confirmed that 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record and also the first year to exceed the 1.5°C pre-industrial level.
Burgess noted that 2024 exceeding 1.5°C did not imply a breach of the Paris Agreement but a call for more ambitious climate action.
“With Copernicus data in from the penultimate month of the year, we can now confirm with virtual certainty that 2024 will be the warmest year on record and the first calendar year above 1.5°C,” Burgess said.
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“This does not mean that the Paris Agreement has been breached, but it does mean ambitious climate action is more urgent than ever.”
On November 7, the organisation said 2024 is on course to be the hottest year on record, with an average global temperature anomaly of 0.71°C in the first 10 months of the year.
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