Reacción a "2024 was the first year to exceed 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels"

In Spain we have the impression that this year has not been particularly hot because the summer was milder than in the two previous years. However, globally we have reached a new record of 1.5 ºC [increase]. Climate provides the basis on which every society is built: urban planning, industry, tourism, agriculture and forests, to give a few examples, depend on the climate in each area. Climate change therefore affects all these sectors. Until now we have considered the safe level of warming, the one that does not critically affect society, to be 2°C, a figure that is getting closer and closer.

As CO₂ concentrations in the atmosphere continue to rise, warming will continue to progress and the 2°C threshold will be exceeded in a few decades. Adaptation to climate change is therefore becoming increasingly urgent and important. Climate change does not create mega-fires and catastrophic floods on its own, but it does increase the intensity with which flames burn and storms rage. We must therefore implement now the strategies that we know work to protect us from these extreme events. Last year's floods or the fires of 2022 are just a trailer for the future that awaits us. We must start laying the groundwork to adapt our cities, industries, tourism, agriculture and forests to the new climate. It is up to us to lessen the most dire consequences of this new world.