Scientists Warn: Rate of Human-Caused Global Warming at All-Time High

Latest climate report indicates a concerning increase in human-induced warming and a rapidly diminishing carbon budget, underscoring the urgent need for global climate action.

The second annual Indicators of Global Climate Change report, reveals that human-induced warming has risen to 1.19 °C over the past decade (2014-2023) – an increase from the 1.14 °C seen in 2013-2022 (set out in last year’s report). The research was led by the University of Leeds.

Looking at 2023 in isolation, warming caused by human activity reached 1.3 °C. This is lower than the total amount of warming we experienced in 2023 (1.43 °C), indicating that natural climate variability, in particular El Niño, also played a role in 2023’s record temperatures.