2024 was the hottest year so far, breaking a 175-year record; Meteorologist said

The United Nations (UN) World Meteorological Organization released its Annual Climate Status Report on Tuesday. It confirmed initial data indicating that 2024 was the hottest year ever.

2024 also surpassed the previous record set in 2023. According to the WMO, 2024 is the first time that global temperatures will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above the baseline set in 1850-1900. According to the report, this has broken the record of the last 175 years.

Heatwave has worsened the situation in the last 10 years

While in the earlier report, the period from 2014 to 2023 was recorded as the hottest decade. In these 10 years, heatwaves affected the oceans. Also, glaciers suffered record ice loss.

Millions of people had to leave their homes

In 2024, cyclones, floods, droughts and other disasters displaced the most people since 2008,
In such a situation, 36 million people were forced to leave their homes.
Nearly half of China's 15 million were displaced following the Sichuan earthquake.
The floods also affected millions of people in India.
Dozens of unprecedented heatwaves were recorded, including in Saudi Arabia where temperatures reached 50 °C during the Hajj pilgrimage.

Meteorologist gave warning

Professor Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, from the Australian National University's Fenner School of Environment and Society, said the world had reached a point where net zero emissions were no longer enough.

'We need to stop hitting the snooze button on our alarms,' he said, with record-breaking global temperatures now occurring on a regular basis. 'Climate change is happening, it's caused by us, and without serious action, it's only going to get worse,' he said. 'The longer this goes on, the harder it will be to make things better.'