Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Scientists on Monday underscored the urgent need to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy following the publication of data from the European Union 's climate change monitor showing that last month was the hottest June ever recorded and that 2024 is likely to be the planet's hottest year on record.
' 'The global temperature continues to increase,' he added. 'It has at a rapid pace.' Zeke Hausfather, a researcher at the California-based nonprofit Berkeley Earth, told Reuters, 'I now estimate that there is an approximately 95% chance that 2024 beats 2023 to be the warmest year since global surface temperature records began in the mid-1800s.' As Reuters reported Monday: The changed climate has already unleashed disastrous consequences around the world in 2024.
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