June 2024 was the warmest June since temperature records began in 1850. As today, global warming has already reached an estimated 1.28ºC above pre-industrial levels, according to Copernicus Climate Change Service bringing us alarmingly close to this pivotal limit. Like 2023, 2024 is likely to be the warmest year on record.
Data from Berkeley Earth reveals that many countries have already surpassed this 1.5-degree threshold, with a significant portion of the global population living in areas experiencing these elevated temperatures.
Currently, 67% of the world's population resides in regions where temperatures are more than 1.5 degrees warmer than in 1960. Some areas, particularly Northern and Middle East countries, have seen temperature increases exceeding 3 degrees.