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Africa: It's Official - January Was the Warmest On Record
UN News, 6 February 2025
The world has just experienced the hottest January ever recorded, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday, citing data crunched by UN partner the Copernicus… Read more »
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Africa: 2024 - Earth's Boiling Point Reached
Nile Post, 15 January 2025
Surpassing the 1.5°C global temperature limit set by the Paris Agreement significantly increases the risk of crossing irreversible tipping points, such as ice sheet collapses,… Read more »
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Africa: 2024 Is the Hottest Year Ever Recorded
IPS, 20 December 2024
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that 2024 is on track to be the hottest year in recorded history, surpassing 2023. This can be attributed to heightened reliance… Read more »
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Africa: Top 10 Hottest Countries in the World
Vanguard, 17 December 2024
With recent worldwide heatwaves across the globe exceeding temperature records and exposing the impact of climate change, some of the hottest countries, from tropical savannas to… Read more »
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Africa: Cities Will Be Hit Hardest By Climate Change, UN Report Warns
IPS, 7 November 2024
Cities are in a unique position, simultaneously the biggest emitters of greenhouse gasses and the most affected areas of the greenhouse effect. As a new UN report shows that rapid… Read more »
Earth's Hottest Month was January 2025, Linked to Climate Crisis
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has announced that January 2025 was the hottest January ever recorded, with global temperatures reaching 1.75°C above pre-industrial levels and 0.79°C above the 1991-2020 average, despite La Niña conditions that were expected to moderate the heat.
According to the data, January was the 18th month in the past 19 to exceed 1.5°C. This is a level the international community vowed to avoid under the 2015 Paris Agreement.
The past decade has been the hottest on record, with 2024's seasonal temperatures all breaking records. Human activities, like burning fossil fuels and deforestation, are primarily responsible for increasing temperatures, which have led to record-high levels of greenhouse gases.
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