2024 'virtually certain' to be hottest on record, EU's global warming monitor says

Nov. 7 (UPI) -- This year is "virtually certain" to be the hottest on record, according to the European Union's global warming monitor, which said 2024 is also on track to be the first where the annual temperature will be 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

The assessment, published Wednesday, comes from the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service ahead next week's United Nations Climate Change Conference, commonly known as COP29.

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