Last year was about 1.48C warmer than the long-term average before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels. Almost every day since July has seen a new global air temperature high for the time of year, BBC analysis shows.
From skyrocketing temperatures to Germany phasing out nuclear and a historic global deal to “transition away” from fossil fuels, Deutsche Welle (DW) looks back at the environmental highs and lows of the last 12 months.
Despite the urging of more than 130 countries and scientists and civil society groups, the agreement did not include an explicit commitment to phase out or even phase down fossil fuels. Instead, it called on countries to transition away from fossil fuels.
Big meat companies and lobby groups are planning a large presence at the Cop28 climate conference, equipped with a communications plan to get a pro-meat message heard by policymakers throughout the summit.
Following three decades of IPCC failures to convince nation states to make a dent in greenhouse gas emissions, a group of rebellious climate scientists claim rapid planet cooling measures must be employed as soon as possible to slow global heating.
