The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has declared 2024 as the warmest year on record, marking a decade of unprecedented global heat driven by human activities.
In a report released Monday in Geneva, the WMO highlighted the far-reaching impacts of climate change, which are being felt from mountain peaks to ocean depths, affecting societies, economies, and ecosystems worldwide.
The organization announced that a consolidated global temperature figure for 2024 will be published in January, followed by a comprehensive report on the state of the global climate in March 2025.
The WMO emphasized the significance of every fraction of a degree of warming, warning that it exacerbates extreme weather events, increases risks, and intensifies climate impacts.
The report painted a grim picture of 2024, citing record-breaking rainfall, catastrophic floods, and devastating loss of life across continents.
Tropical cyclones wreaked havoc, with significant human and economic losses, including a recent storm in Mayotte, a French territory in the Indian Ocean.
Meanwhile, several nations experienced scorching temperatures exceeding 50°C, triggering widespread wildfires that caused extensive destruction.
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