Learn the complete report: Individuals Uncovered to Local weather Change: December 2024-February 2025
Obtain the information: Local weather Shift Index (CSI) ranges for 220 international locations, territories and dependencies, and 940 cities world wide
Key Information
Through the previous three months (December, January, and February), the results of human-induced local weather change — primarily from burning coal, oil, and methane gasoline — had been evident in most areas of the world, notably within the type of excessive warmth. This evaluation makes use of Local weather Central’s Local weather Shift Index (CSI) to find out the affect of local weather change on temperatures across the globe throughout this era.
This report finds that human-caused local weather change elevated heat-related well being dangers for billions and made excessive warmth occasions extra seemingly across the globe. Key findings embrace:
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A minimum of one in 5 folks globally felt a robust local weather change affect day-after-day from December 2024 to February 2025.
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Practically 394 million folks skilled 30 or extra days of dangerous warmth added by local weather change over the past three months. Most of those folks (74%) stay in Africa. Dangerous warmth days are days with temperatures hotter than 90% of the temperatures recorded in an area space from 1991-2020. Warmth-related well being dangers rise when temperatures climb above this native threshold.
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In half of the analyzed international locations (110 out of 220), the common individual skilled temperatures strongly influenced by local weather change for at the very least one-third of the season (30 days or extra).
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In 287 cities, the common individual skilled temperatures with a robust affect of local weather change one-third of the season (30 days or extra).
Knowledge
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Obtain knowledge for December 1, 2024 to February 28, 2025: Local weather Shift Index (CSI) ranges for 220 international locations, territories and dependencies, and 940 cities world wide
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Discover interactive maps for international locations and cities throughout six continents.
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