Study reveals that the average global temperature rose 1.24°C more than in the pre-industrial era between 2015 and 2024

Over the years, environmental authorities have become increasingly concerned about global warming and its impact on biodiversity and ecosystems on planet Earth .

Recently, a study published in the journal Earth System Science Data announced that the global average temperature rose 1.24°C above the pre-industrial era between 2015 and 2024 , and last year the best estimate of this increase observed at the planet's surface was 1.52°C, according to an international team of 61 scientists from 17 countries.

The researchers, coordinated by the Indicators of Global Climate Change (IGCC) initiative, specified in a statement that, of the 1.52 ºC increase in 2024, 1.36 ºC is “attributable to human activity” , in the same way that, of the 1.24 ºC increase during the period 2015 and 2024, 1.22 ºC is also attributable.

These measurements "do not mean that the Paris Agreement has been breached," the scientific team clarifies, since for that to happen, global average temperatures would have to exceed 1.5°C for several decades, but "they do reaffirm how much and how quickly emissions are moving in the wrong direction."

The IGCC group, which provides annual updates to key climate indicators reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), adds that human activity has generated the equivalent of about 53 gigatons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted into the atmosphere each year over the past decade.

Their estimates of the remaining carbon budget to consolidate the 1.5°C increase are 130 gigatonnes of CO2, an amount that would be exhausted in just over three years at the current rate of emissions, while a budget for 1.6°C or 1.7°C could be exceeded in just nine years.

Concentrations of greenhouse gases CO2, methane, and nitrous oxide “have increased since 2019 ,” and the result is an equivalent increase in the Earth’s energy imbalance, a “crucial indicator for monitoring current and future warming,” they insist.

These scientists also claim that between 2019 and 2024, the global average sea level rose by around 26 millimeters , well above the long-term rate of 1.8 millimeters per year recorded since the beginning of the 20th century.