Podcast HackA Global Temperature of 1.5CBy Akshat Rathi, Eric Roston, Zahra Hirji
In a Nutshell
In this January 2025 episode of Zero: The Climate Race, Akshat Rathi talks to Bloomberg Green reporters Eric Roston and Zahra Hirji about why 2024 was an incredibly significant year for the climate.
Favorite Quote
It might be mind-numbing to hear scientists repeat 'hottest year, hottest year, hottest year' like a broken record year after year. But it's pretty significant if you go past 1.5C, and … it's going to affect all of us.
Akshat Rathi
Introduction
In December 2024, the European Union's Copernicus unit said it was 'virtually certain' 2024 was the hottest year ever.
For the first time, the global average temperature was likely to exceed the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels for the entire year.
What do these numbers mean for the planet and for us?
In this January 2025 episode of Bloomberg's Zero: The Climate Race podcast, we discover the answers.
Host Akshat Rathi speaks to Bloomberg Green reporters Eric Roston and Zahra Hirji about what contributed to 2024's high temperatures, why all hope is not lost, and what we should focus on moving forward.
Here are the 3 key insights from this Hack
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