Earth reaches level of warming climate scientists hoped to avoid - Climate Cast

For the past eleven years, the planet has been consecutively warmer each year. It’s a trend that has climate scientists and policy makers worried. In 2024, global temperatures reached 1.5 degrees Celsius above the preindustrial record, according to the <a href="https://wmo.int/" class="default">World Meteorological Organization</a> and the <a href="https://climate.copernicus.eu/" class="zReHs">Copernicus Climate Change Service</a>. It’s the level of warming that those who work for climate solutions have been trying to avoid. “Now the question is: What are we going to do next? What is the next goal going to be?” said Shannon Osaka, a climate reporter for The Washington Post. Osaka <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/05/29/15degrees-celsius-world-meteorological-organization/" class="default">wrote</a> about extreme weather events linked to climate change, the consequences for slow-moving climate policy and Ear...