The dire warning about the earth's temperature comes ahead of the UN’s COP29 climate conference and a second Trump presidency, where he has vowed to gut climate measures.

Meanwhile, average global temperatures have reached new peaks, as have concentrations of planet-heating gases in the atmosphere.

This year is "virtually certain" to be the hottest in recorded history with warming above 1.5C, EU climate monitor Copernicus has said, days before nations are due to gather for crunch UN climate talks.

The European agency said the world was passing a "new milestone" of temperature records that should serve to accelerate action to cut planet-heating emissions.

This year is "virtually certain" to eclipse 2023 as the world's warmest since records began, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday. The data was released ahead of next week's U.N. COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, where countries will try to agree a huge increase in…

2024 set to be hottest year on record due to climate change, urging stronger global action at COP29.

The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Thursday said that this year is virtually certain to beat 2023 as the world's warmest since records began.This alarming data comes as...

BRUSSELS: This year is “virtually certain” to eclipse 2023 as the world’s warmest since records began, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change ...

It is also set to be the world's first breach of 1.5C of warming across an entire calendar year.