2024: A year of records - climate change forces action!

2024: A year of records - climate change forces action!

The global temperature reached an alarming record in 2024 because it was more than 1.5 degrees above the pre -industrial level. This is the first documented exceeding of this critical brand, as the Climate Wall Service of the EU program Copernicus from Great Britain reported. With a deviation of 1.6 degrees compared to the average from 1850 to 1900, the warmest year has been regarded since the beginning of the records, which also has not only global effects. In Germany, the warmest year in Germany was also the warmest year since 1881, with a temperature of 11.9 degrees Celsius in Berlin, 2.8 degrees above the long -term average, and 11.4 degrees in Brandenburg, as through the data of the German Weather Service and RBB24 reported.

radical increased greenhouse gas emissions are the main cause of this dramatic heat development. In particular, the concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane reached 2024 record values. In addition, the climate phenomenon El Niño, which reached its peak in December 2023, also influenced the temperature determination. The situation is worrying, since according to Copernicus, the earth continues to suffer from extreme events: heat tips of over 50 degrees Celsius and massive rainfall led to considerable damage worldwide. The climate scientist Mojib Latif expressed skepticism about the influence of the upcoming World Climate Conference COP29 in Baku. "The cops are obviously not expedient," he is cited by Tagesschau.

With a view to these critical developments, the need for substantial measures to immediately decrease the emissions is all the more clear. The co -founder of the Newclimate Institute, Niklas Höhne, emphasizes that the costs for non -insulated climate change could be considerably higher than investments in renewable energies and sustainable technologies. In the middle of these dark predictions, however, there are their bright spots: progress in the development of renewable energies and electric cars is perceived as positive. Höhne emphasizes that the current trends certainly offer potential for faster implementation of climate goals, the countries should take their obligations seriously.