Hottest Year

• Earth saw its hottest year in 2024, breached major climate threshold

  Last year's global average temperature easily passed 2023's record heat and kept pushing even higher. It surpassed the long-term warming limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius.

  Environment

  Jan 10
  
• Record number of fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28. How many are Canadians?

  Only two countries – Brazil (3,081) and hosts U.A.E (4,409) – had more representatives than the oil and gas industry, a new report says.

  Politics

  Dec 5, 2023
  
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• 2020 ties with 2016 for hottest year on record, European climate change service says

  Copernicus scientists said the Arctic suffered extreme heat and atmospheric concentrations of planet-warming carbon dioxide continued to rise.

  Environment

  Jan 8, 2021
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• 2017 was 2nd warmest in 137 years, NASA says

  The Earth’s global temperature in 2017 was the second warmest since 1880, according to NASA analysis.

  Environment

  Jan 18, 2018
• 2017 expected to be one of the hottest years on record: UN

  United Nations says the world is on track for a temperature rise of about three degrees by 2100.

  Environment

  Nov 6, 2017
• Scorching 2016 on pace to be hottest year on record

  Global temperatures are soaring toward a record high this year, the U.N. weather agency said Monday.

  Environment

  Nov 14, 2016
• 2016 will be the hottest year on record

  2016 is set to break the record for the hottest year since measurements began in the 19th century, according to the World Meteorological Organization.

  Environment

  Nov 14, 2016