The international annual report on the state of the climate, published in mid-August, confirms new records for 2024. Despite the natural climate anomaly El Niño fading earlier last year towards what should have been cooler La Niña conditions, a peak value in global surface temperature over land and ocean was recorded. 

This means that 2015 to 2024 are the ten warmest years since records began. "Global greenhouse gas concentrations also broke previous records. The resulting increased energy input into the climate system is having an impact on land surfaces, oceans, ice and the atmosphere," explains Andrea Steiner from the Wegener Center at the University of Graz.

The rise in human-caused greenhouse gases continues to drive climate change forward on a global scale. The annual "State of the Climate" report once again highlights the urgency of a massive reduction in emissions.

Read all about it at: uni-graz.at