EU scientists say 2024 was the warmest year on record, and the first to exceed the 1.5C global warming limit. Also: Los Angeles residents return to their burnt-out homes, and is time running out for TikTok?
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This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Janet Jalil and at 14 hours GMT on Friday 10th January these are our main stories 2024 is deemed to be the world's hottest year on record by scientists with temperatures rising above an internationally recognized CL climate target for the first time.
This comes as firefighters continue to battle wildfires in Los Angeles where at least 10 deaths have been confirmed.
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro prepares to be sworn in for a third term despite a global outcry over alleged vote rigging in last year's elections.
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For the past few days the world has witnessed apocalyptic images of fires sweeping through Los Angeles.
Now, even as the fires continue to rage, it's been confirmed that last year was the hottest on record.
Not Only that, the EU's climate monitoring service Copernicus says 2024 was also the first calendar year to exceed the key global warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre industrial temperatures.
The Director of Copernicus, Carlo Buon Tempo said the cause for the increase was the greenhouse gases we continue to pump into the atmosphere.
The many record breaking events we have seen over the course of the last 12 months are not statistical oddities, but rather a direct consequence of the generalized warming of our climate system which is mostly fueled by the steady increase in atmospheric concentration of greenhouse gases.