Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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The world has just recorded its first ever 12-month stint of temperatures 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels. It shows how completely we have changed our climate.

But this news doesn’t mean that we have reached the 1.5 degree Paris Agreement target for warming – yet.

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Contents
00:00 – More news.
00:57 - Wake-up call
01:28 - Paris targets and current warming
02:47 – Apples, oranges, and sponges
04:40 – We need action

#ClimateChange #ParisAgreement

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References and resources

https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2023-hottest-year-record

https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-2024-world-experienced-warmest-january-record

https://climate.copernicus.eu/

https://www.smh.com.au/national/did-a-sea-sponge-just-blow-up-the-paris-agreement-20240206-p5f2q5.html

McCulloch, et al. (2024) doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01919-7

Betts et al. (2024) nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03775-z

Nogrady (2024) Have we just blown past our climate target?nature.com/articles/d41586-024-00281-8