2024 will be remembered as the year in which Donald Trump — the presidential candidate with the most anti-scientific and anti-environmentalist discourse — won again in the U.S. despite his dark record on climate issues. This year will in all likelihood not be the hottest year on the planet in millennia, even though it will close as the warmest since records began. But it will not go down in history simply because that terrible crown will not last long: the advance of climate change, fed by the burning of fossil fuels, is accelerating due to the loss of the planet’s capacity to absorb the huge amounts of gases humanity is emitting, some experts warn. In fact, the previous record for the hottest year dates back to 2023.
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