World's first year-long breach of key 1.5C warming limit - BBC News

The last 12 months were the hottest on record, temporarily sending the world past a deeply symbolic mark.

4 hours agocommentsCommentsShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsCOP28Image source, AFPImage caption, Chile has seen forest fires in several regions in February, including La Araucanía (pictured)By Mark PoyntingBBC News climate reporterFor the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU's climate service.

World leaders promised in 2015 to try to limit the long-term temperature rise to 1.5C, which is seen as crucial to help avoid the most damaging impacts.

This first year-long breach doesn't break that landmark Paris agreement, but it does bring the world closer to doing so in the long-term.

Urgent action to cut carbon emissions can still slow warming, scientists say.

"This far exceeds anything that is acceptable," Prof Sir Bob Watson, a former chair of the UN's climate body, told the BBC Radio 4's Today Programme.

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