<h5>When did Earth cross the 2-degree warming limit?</h5><p>Data shared by Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service in Europe, showed that Earth’s global average temperature on 17th November 2023 was more than 2 degrees Celsius higher than levels before industrialisation for the first time. Thankfully, the level was only temporarily crossed.</p><p>The data showed worldwide temperatures on 17th November 2023 averaged 1.17 degrees over 1991-2020 levels. This makes it the warmest 17th November on record. However, the temperature was 2.07 degrees warmer than pre-industrial times. Scientists will further study the data shared.</p><figure class="image"><img src="https://firebasestorage.googleapis.com/v0/b/newsahoot.appspot.com/o/earth-briefly-smashes-through-2-degree-warming-limit%2Fdata.jpg?alt=media&amp;token=b1c826a9-6ecb-4a09-936d-2fa92f459c6c"><figcaption>&nbsp;The data shared shows the rise in temperature. Photo by Copernicus ECMWF.</figcaption></figure><h5>How problematic is this increase?</h5><p>This recent breach doesn’t mean that the world is permanently warming above 2 degrees Celsius. It also doesn’t indicate that attempts to reduce global warming have failed. Temperatures would have to exceed the 2-degree level for months or years before scientists consider it to have permanently broken the limit.</p><p>However, it will act as a reminder that the planet is steadily getting hotter. The world is slowly moving towards a situation in which the impacts of the climate crisis will be difficult to control and reverse.</p><p>The data was released at a time when the hottest 12 months were recorded and a year of extreme weather events, such as fires in Hawaii, floods in Northern Africa, etc.</p><h5>What is the 2-degree Celsius limit?</h5><p>It is a target set to limit the increase in Earth’s temperature. This limit is a goal under the Paris Agreement. It is an international climate change treaty adopted in 2015. It was adopted by 196 parties at the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference, or <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/india-presents-a-plan-to-help-save-the-environment-at-cop27">COP</a>21, in Paris, France. It came into effect in 2016.</p><p>Its primary goal is to keep the global average temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Its goal also includes taking steps to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Also, world leaders have stressed the significance of keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius by the end of the century.</p><p>This is because crossing the 1.5 degrees Celsius mark can cause severe climate change effects, such as more frequent and severe droughts, heatwaves, etc. You can read more about climate change in this <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://www.newsahoot.com/articles/what-is-climate-change-and-how-are-we-combating-it">article</a>.</p>

Data by Copernicus Climate Change Service in Europe showed the temperature breach.

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