The European State of the Climate 2024 report, compiled by 100 researchers, highlights Europe as the fastest warming continent, with average temperatures increasing by 2.4°C since the Industrial Revolution. Extreme weather events, including floods and heat waves, severely affected nearly half a million people last year. While global temperatures rose by 1.3°C, Europe experienced a staggering increase, with greenhouse gas levels reaching new highs. Compounding risks include rising sea levels and continuing glacier melts, posing significant threats to the quality of life and safety of Europe’s 750 million residents.
"Ocean temperatures were exceptionally high, sea levels continued to rise, ice sheets and glaciers continued to melt, all as atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continued to increase, reaching record levels again in 2024."
"It’s not just a global average temperature number. It really has an impact at the regional and local scale," said Florence Rabier.
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