March 19, 2025

State of the Global Climate 2024

The State of the Global Climate 2024 report from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) shows that key climate change indicators have again reached record levels.  Although long-term warming (averaged over decades) currently sits below 1.5°C, sea-level rise and ocean warming will be irreversible for hundreds of years. Record greenhouse gas concentrations combined with El Niño and other factors to drive 2024 record heat, while glacier melt accelerated and extreme weather caused massive social and economic upheaval. 

Journalists came to this online briefing to hear from some of the authors of the report and put their questions to them.

Speakers included:

Prof Chris Hewitt, Director of Climate Services Division, WMO

Dr Omar Baddour, Chief Climate Monitoring, WMO

Dr John Kennedy, Scientific Coordinator and Lead Author of the report

Dr Karina von Schuckmann, Senior advisor, Ocean Science for Policy, Scientific Direction, Mercator Ocean international, France