Another climate record: April 2024 was the eleventh month in a row that was warmer than all measured months of the previous year. According to data from the EU climate change agency Copernicus, it was also the first April with a global average temperature above 15 degrees. According to Copernicus Director Carlo Buontempo, increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases “will continue to push global temperatures to new record levels.”
Surface temperatures in April averaged 15.03 degrees, 0.67 degrees higher than the April average from 1991 to 2020, the agency said Wednesday. In Europe, April was even 1.49 degrees warmer than in the same period. This is not unusual: Europe is warming the fastest of all continents, according to the European Environment Agency (EEA).
The purpose of the Paris Agreement has not yet been missed
Compared to the period 1850 to 1900, the pre-industrial reference period, the month was 1.58 degrees warmer globally. The global average temperature over the past twelve months (May 2023 to April 2024) is the highest ever recorded and is 1.61 degrees above the pre-industrial average. However, this does not mean that the 1.5 degree target of the Paris Agreement has not been achieved, as longer-term average values are taken into account. If the temperature trend of the past thirty years continues, this will happen in 2033, Copernicus recently wrote.
The European Union’s climate change agency, Copernicus, regularly publishes data on surface temperatures, sea ice cover and precipitation. The findings are based on computer-generated analyzes that incorporate billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations around the world. The data used goes back to 1950, but earlier data is also available.
Source: Krone
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