1、When Risks Become Reality:Extreme Weather In 2024World Weather Attribution2When Risks Become Reality:Extreme Weather In 2024At the close of 2024,this report underscores that significant harm from human-induced climate change is not a future threat,but present day reality.Every December,were asked if

2、 it was a bad year with respect to extreme weather.The answer is increasingly clear:yes.Fossil fuel emissions continue to rise,resulting in higher global temperatures and escalating climate extremes that bring relentless harm across every continent.The past 12 months have provided an unprecedented c

3、ascade of heatwaves and floods,wildfires and droughts,underscoring the dangerous reality of living in a 1.3C warmer world than when we started burning fossil fuels.This report looks back at 2024,highlighting the devastating consequences of climate change and exposing our collective unpreparedness ag

4、ain and again in the 29 extremes we studied in depth.Heatwaves continue to claim lives,floods devastate communities,and droughts obliterate crops and livelihoods.Although El Nio made some extreme weather events more likely,its influence on extreme weather was often over emphasised.2024 is set to be

5、the hottest year on record,again.July 22 marked the hottest day in history,and the year saw a 13-month streak of record-breaking monthly temperatures.Every broken record was not just a number,but accompanied by people losing their lives and livelihoods in ever hotter heatwaves and devastating floods

6、.ForewordYet new oil and gas fields continue to open with increase in subsidies as fossil fuel emissions reach an all-time high.As the latest IPCC report shows clearly,we have the technology and knowledge needed to switch to renewable energy supply,reduce demand,and change transport systems.Implemen