Last year was the hottest year on record, with the average global temperature being 1.6 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average.
This was according to the Copernicus project, which monitors global temperatures.
Last week the secretary-general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, said: “We must exit this road to ruin – and we have no time to lose.”
The average temperature for 2024 was 0.1 degrees higher than that for 2023, which had previously been the hottest year recorded. It also means the last ten years are also the hottest years on record.