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State of the Climate 2024 Report
November 16 , 2024
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- The WMO's State of the Climate 2024 report was released during the United National Climate Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan.
- The report issued a red alert as the year 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record.
- From January to September of this year, the global average temperature was 1.54 degrees above the pre-industrial level.
- However, long-term warming measures over decades remain below 1.5 degrees.
- WMO report says from 2014-2023, global mean sea level rose at a rate of 4.77 mm per year.
- It was more than double the rate between 1993 and 2002.
- India experienced extreme weather events on 93% of the days in the first nine months of the year
- Punjab and Haryana were the worst hit, as they experienced extreme weather events on 34 days.
- They were followed by Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan that experienced extreme weather events on 27 and 26 days, respectively.
- Only 55% of countries are having Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (MHEWS) as of March 2024.
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