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Global temperatures likely to exceed key limit for first time
Andrew Freedman
https://www.axios.com/2024/11/07/global-temperatures-exceed-paris-target
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Annual global mean temperature anomalies
1940-2024 compared to 1850-1900 average; 2024 data is provisional
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With October's initial temperature data in, 2024 will rank as the first calendar year in modern record-keeping in which global average surface temperatures exceed the Paris Agreement's aspirational 1.5°C guardrail.
Why it matters: Holding long-term warming to the 1.5-degree target compared to the preindustrial era is crucial for lowering the risk of triggering climate change tipping points, beyond which potentially catastrophic impacts have a higher likelihood of occurring, studies show.
* Holding warming to that target is viewed as necessary for small island states and other extremely vulnerable nations to avoid being wiped out by sea level rise, drought and other threats.
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lapfog_1
(30,220 posts)in this area ( and others ), they all fucked around about voting for Trump... but everyone will find out what climate change is really all about. Everyone. You can violate all sorts of laws like Trump did and get away with them... but the laws of physics are not a hoax or avoidable.
stollen
(562 posts)OKIsItJustMe
(20,894 posts)Project 2025 describes NOAA as a primary component "of the climate change alarm industry" and said it "should be broken up and downsized."
markodochartaigh
(2,172 posts)meant 1750-1800. Granted this only adds about 0.2°C, however, I think that it is wrong to keep adjusting the baseline.