Climate Clock: How much time is left to solve global warming?

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⚠ Updated on August 15, 2024, humans have 4 years and 341 days to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius in the global average temperature. The Climate Clock, launched in September 2020, is 4 stories high above New York's Union Square in midtown Manhattan. The numbers on the clock show how much time the world has left before global temperatures reach 1.5 degrees Celsius, the point at which the worst effects of climate change become 'irreversible'. The data on the Climate Clock, according to the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), does not count down the days until the global average temperature rises above 1.5 degrees Celsius, but rather estimates how much time there is left before humans emit enough carbon dioxide to cause global temperatures to rise by at least 1.5 degrees Celsius, which is currently estimated to be in late July 2029. 🔥 The world is currently about 1.1 degrees Celsius warmer than before the pre-industrial revolution, due to the release of carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels, which is what drives heat waves, wildfires, storms, and sea levels. And that’s why world leaders need to agree to the Paris Agreement to prevent the planet from getting any warmer. And by 2024, with less than five years to go, we need to take immediate action on climate change. Future climate crises will require global citizens to come together and demand bold change to secure a sustainable future.

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