The planet has moved a major step closer to warming more than 1.5C, new data shows, despite world leaders vowing a decade ago they would try to avoid this.
The European Copernicus climate service, one of the main global data providers, said on Friday that 2024 was the first calendar year to pass the symbolic threshold, as well as the world's hottest on record.
This does not mean the international 1.5C target has been broken, because that refers to a long-term average over decades, but does bring us nearer to doing so as fossil fuel emissions continue to heat the atmosphere. Global average temperatures for 2024 were around 1.6C above those of the pre-industrial period – the time before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels – according to Copernicus data.
This breaks the record set in 2023 by just over 0.1C, and means the last 10 years are now the 10 warmest years on record.
A walk in the park for Liverpool as they whipped Accrington Stanley 4-0 in today's third round tie of the FA Cup.
The first goal came when Diogo Jota converted Darwin Nunez's square ball in the twenty-ninth minute. Trent Alexander-Arnold doubled the Reds' lead in spectacular fashion on the stroke of half-time, sending a fierce shot into the top corner from the edge of the penalty area.
Then, Jayden Danns made it 3-0. He nicked the ball high up the pitch and wriggled out of a tackle before sending Federico Chiesa in on goal. The Italian's shot was saved but ran kindly for Danns to sweep into the roof of the net in the 76th minute. Chiesa did get his first Liverpool goal as he threaded in a low shot from about 22 yards that was more accurate than powerful, finding the very corner in the 90th minute via a bit of the post.
Arne Slot's team will discover their fourth-round opponents when the draw is made following the conclusion of Sunday's tie between Arsenal and Manchester United.
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