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Europe, as a continent, also recorded its hottest year in 2024, with a temperature of 1.47 ºC above the 1991-2020 level (Photo: Copernicus)

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2024 was 'hottest year since records began in 1850'

The year 2024 has been the hottest ever recorded in history — and is also the first to go above the 1.5°C threshold set by the Paris climate accord, according to the EU’s earth observation agency Copernicus annual report

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