2024 will be hottest year on record: EU climate agency

2024 is set to be the hottest year in recorded history and the first time Earth's average temperature reached 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service – the European Union's climate agency. The agency’s warning comes as world leaders prepare to meet for the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan. Global’s Redmond Shannon explains why U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's impending return to the White House could derail efforts to curb emissions and how the politics of pollution are alive and well in Canada, too. For more information, go to https://globalnews.ca/news/10858432/canada-emissions-targets-paris-2030-environment-commissioner/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Like Global News on Facebook HERE: http://bit.ly/255GMJQ Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on Instagram HERE: https://bit.ly/2QZaZIB #GlobalNews #TaylorSwift #ErasTour #Leukemia #Quebec