Global Heatwave Crisis: United Nations calls for action

Recent years have witnessed a rapid rise in the frequency and intensity of extreme heat events against a background of rising global temperatures. According to the latest Global Climate Report from the US National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), July 2024 was the warmest July on record for the globe since such data began to be collected since the 1850s.

4°F). 05°F) warmer than the previous July record set last year, and the 14th consecutive month of record-high global temperature.

The State of the Global Climate 2023 report by the World Metrological Department (WMD) mentioned that 2023 was the warmest year on record and further warned that at least one of the next five years will be the warmest on record, beating 2023. July 22-25, 2024 were also the four hottest days in recorded history.