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COP29: Another Global Climate Summit That Failed the World
What happened behind closed doors: half agony, half hope
On the first day of COP29, the (WMO) released its annual , which tracks key climate indicators. And that would set the tone for the conference’s most crucial debates.
The report revealed that 2024 is set to be the hottest year on record, with global temperatures reaching 1.54C above pre-industrial levels. However, Saulo clarified that this spike doesn’t mean we’ve breached the ’s long-term targets since factors like can cause short-term temperature fluctuations.
Other numbers were staggering: Arctic and Antarctic ice has plummeted to “well below average” levels, while our oceans absorbed an unfathomable 3.1m terawatt-hours of heat — equivalent to 18 times humanity’s .
More troubling news followed when the released its , “Lost…
