A new article from the BBC explains that this year was the first year that our planet has exceeded the critical 1.5 degree warming mark for a full year. However, it also highlights the need to remain vigilant and continue to take actions and implement policies to try to reverse this trend.
"The period from February 2023 to January 2024 reached 1.52C of warming, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. The following graph shows how that compares with previous years...
The long-term warming trend is unquestionably being driven by human activities -mainly from burning fossil fuels, which releases planet-warming gases like carbon dioxide. This is also responsible for the vast majority of the warmth over the past year...
At the current rate of emissions, the Paris goal of limiting warming to 1.5C as a long-term average - rather than a single year - could be crossed within the next decade. This would be a hugely symbolic milestone, but researchers say it wouldn't mark a cliff edge beyond which climate change will spin out of control...
But researchers are keen to emphasise that humans can still make a difference to the world's warming trajectory...
'Doom is not inevitable.' "
Link for full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68110310
We must continue repeating, 'til we believe it (or until Doomsday): 'Doom is not inevitable.'
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