BRUSSELS, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- The year 2024 is confirmed to be the warmest year globally since record began in 1850, the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday.
2024 also marks the first calendar year in which the average global temperature exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial level, a critical threshold set by the Paris Agreement, according to the European climate body. ■
