The link between c02 and rising temperatures is well established and this year Global Temperatures got an extra boost thanks to el nino, which brings warmer water to the surface of parts of the tropical pacific. That explains why february was 1. 77 degrees warmer than preindustrial temperatures, and why global average temperatures hit a record 1. 55 degrees above preindustrial levels over the last 12 months. It means we have temporarily at least breached the 1. 5 degrees threshold the world agreed to try and limit temperature rise to, to avoid the worst impacts of Climate Change. February 2024 was the warmest february on record globally, with an average temperature of 13. 54 degrees, above the 1991 2020 temperature. While this is remarkable, because, for instance, it is a tenth of a degree warmer than the warmest previous february, which was 2016, its not really surprising, because this has been the el nino year, where temperatures tend to be warmer than usual, and more importantly, we
and a shopping centre. the met office warns of a 50 50 chance that the world will cross a key global warming threshold of average temperatures rising more than 1.5 degrees celsius over the next five years. the wagatha christie trial gets under way in the high court rebekah vardy is suing coleen rooney for libel. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. prince charles will officially open the new session of parliament today and for the first time will read the queen s speech on her behalf. it s after the queen had to pull out because of mobility problems. the last time the queen missed a state opening of parliament in a statement, buckingham palace said, the queen continues to experience episodic mobility problems, and in consultation with her doctors has reluctantly decided that she will not attend the state opening of parliament. the queen s speech isn t written by the queen but by the government. it s a list of the new laws the government
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Crossing a key global warming threshold. researchers also believe it s almost certain that the next four years will see the warmest year ever recorded. our environmment correspondent matt mcgrath explained why. it is likely to become a possibility because of the build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the last 20 years. in 2015, it was the first time the warming in the world reached over1 degrees from the preindustrial, back in the 1850s, it stayed about1 degrees since, and we have seen a lot more increases in fires and storms as a result of that. now the met office believes in the calculation that over the next five years including this year, it will go over the 1.5 mark which is politically and scientifically seen as a very important threshold of danger. can it be stopped? it is a very good question. the natural warming in the atmosphere, the variability, it is likely that if this happens it cannot be stopped in
Threshold. let s talk to our environmemnt correspondent matt mcgrath. this is a really big deal, if this happens, why do this it is a possibility? it happens, why do this it is a possibility? happens, why do this it is a ossibili ? , ,, , possibility? it is likely to become a possibility possibility? it is likely to become a possibility because possibility? it is likely to become a possibility because of - possibility? it is likely to become a possibility because of the - a possibility because of the build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the last 20 years. in 2015, it was the first time the warming in the world reached over1 degrees from the preindustrial, back in the 1850s, it stayed about1 degrees since, and we have seen a lot more increases in fires and storms as a result of that. now the mate of believes in the calculation is that over the next five years including this year, it will go over the 1.5 mark which is politically and scientifically seen as a very impo