Director of Copernicus Climate Change Service: It's likely that 2024 was the hottest of the last 100,000 years'

Every year of the last decade (from 2015 to 2024) has been among the 10 warmest years on record on Earth. This highlights a concerning trend in global warming.

Carlo Buontempo emphasizes that while we're witnessing the warmest years, we cannot definitively say that the climate is accelerating based solely on current variability in atmospheric observations.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service highlights the importance of long-term weather records, stating that 2024 may be the warmest year of the last 100,000 years, reflecting unprecedented changes.

Scientific data collection since the mid-19th century allows for a reliable reconstruction of climate averages, even though early records rely on indirect methods like tree rings and sediments.

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