Temperatures have risen by 1.64 degrees compared to the pre-industrial period.

Between July 2023 and June 2024, global temperatures were 1.64 degrees Celsius higher than in the pre-industrial era.

According to the European Union’s (EU) Copernicus Climate Change Service, last June’s temperature was 1.5 degrees higher than the average temperature between 1850 and 1900, making it the “12th hottest month in a row.”

Globally, the average temperature over the past 12 months was 0.76 degrees above the 1991-2020 average and 1.64 degrees above the 1850-1900 average.

2-degree temperature rise could cause coral reefs to disappear
Carlo Buontempo, director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, told The Guardian newspaper that new records will be broken as climate change continues, and that this process is inevitable as greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere and oceans.

According to the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a temperature rise of 1.5 degrees could destroy 70 to 90 percent of tropical coral reefs, while a warming of 2 degrees could lead to the complete destruction of the reefs. (AA)