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Deadly floods, storms and heatwaves: Europe suffered the 'serious impacts’ of climate change in 2024

Storms and flooding across Europe last year affected a total of 413,000 people, led to the loss of at least 335 lives and are estimated to have cost at least €18 billion in damages.

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Deadly floods and storms affected more than 400,000 people in Europe in 2024

European State of the Climate report ‘lays bare’ impact of fossil fuels on continent during its hottest 12 months on record

The Guardian - UK

Europe is fastest-warming continent in world, UN-led report finds

Scientists found it has one of the largest projected increase in flood risk while a global warming of 1.5C could result in 30,000 deaths from heat.

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Beryl, Helene and Milton join list of nearly 100 hurricane names so deadly they won’t be repeated

The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season was the ninth in a row with above average activity, the WMO says.

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Türkiye’s 20,000-year-old glaciers are disappearing. Scientists want to close them to visitors

The remaining glacial area in the Cilo Mountains has been damaged and degraded, scientists say.

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Preserving the planet's glaciers is a 'matter of survival' says UN

All 19 of the world's glacier regions experienced a net loss of mass in 2024, for the third consecutive year, the United Nations said on Friday. It has declared 21 March World Day for Glaciers, warning that at current rates of melting, many glaciers "will not survive the 21st century".

Radio France Internationale

World Glacier Day: UN warns of ‘avalanche of cascading impacts’ as ice melt increases

Five of the past six years have witnessed the most rapid glacier retreat on record.

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World's Glacier Mass Shrank Again In 2024, Says UN

All 19 of the world's glacier regions experienced a net loss of mass in 2024 for the third consecutive year, the United Nations said on Friday, warning that saving the planet's glaciers was now a matter of "survival".

International Business Times

Record Numbers Forced To Flee Climate Disasters: UN

Hundreds of thousands of people were forced to flee climate disasters last year, the United Nations said Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need for early warning systems covering the entire planet.

International Business Times

Nearly half of last year’s ‘unprecedented’ weather events were in Europe, WMO data shows

“The latest planetary health check tells us that Earth is profoundly ill,” the UK Met Office's chief scientist says.

Euronews

Climate crisis drives record displacements as planet exceeds 1.5C

Record numbers of people were forced to flee their homes due to climate-related disasters in 2024, the United Nations reported on Wednesday, highlighting the urgent need for global early warning systems.

Radio France Internationale

UN report warns of a ‘frightening’ future: ‘Your five-year-old now faces a future with 7 times more heatwaves’

Scientists warn the impacts seen in 2024 will be impossible to reverse

The Independent UK

More than 150 ‘unprecedented’ climate disasters struck world in 2024, says UN

Floods, heatwaves and supercharged hurricanes occurred in hottest climate human society has ever experienced

The Guardian - UK

UN scientists share surprise at ‘extraordinary’ warming as 2024 passed 1.5C

The UN’s World Meteorological Organisation confirmed last year as the hottest on record.

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The Kyoto climate treaty is hailed on stage but reality tells a different story

A gripping play in London’s West End tells how agreement of the first climate protocol in 1997 was a triumph, as scientists share new warnings about the scale of the crisis

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Is climate change to blame for the California wildfires?

Climate scientist say warming temperatures and droughts are making wildfires more frequent and intense.

International Business Times

Climate Change Brought Extreme Weather, Heat In 2024: UN

Climate change sparked a trail of extreme weather and record heat in 2024, the United Nations said on Monday, urging the world to pull back from the "road to ruin".

Evening Standard

Record year caps ‘decade of deadly heat’, says UN in climate warning

UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres the world must ‘exit this road to ruin’ in his new year message.

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The Independent UK

Decade of deadly heat ends with record year as world warned of ‘road to ruin’

The top ten 10 hottest years on record have happened in the last 10 years

Radio France Internationale

Fossil fuel rise drives planet closer to critical climate safety limit

The world is on track to deplete its remaining carbon budget within six years, pushing global temperatures beyond the 1.5C threshold, a major international study has found.

Evening Standard

Starmer to tell Cop29 that climate transition offers huge investment opportunity

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to tell the nearly 100 other delegations in Baku that Britain is returning to ‘responsible international engagement’.

The Independent UK

UN climate talks start as experts warn 2024 is heading for record heat

Sir Keir Starmer is among the leaders heading to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the conference.

International Business Times

Paris Agreement Climate Goals 'In Great Peril', Warns UN

The Paris climate agreement's goals "are in great peril" and 2024 is on track to break new temperature records, the United Nations warned Monday as COP29 talks opened in Baku.

Evening Standard

2024 set to be hottest year on record as temperatures breach 1.5C threshold

This year is on track to beat 2023’s record heat, the World Meteorological Organisation said

Evening Standard

Cop29: Key questions about the UN climate conference

The meeting kicks off against a backdrop of deadly weather events, extreme conditions and record temperatures in recent months.

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