Indicators of Global Climate Change

The latest available data is presented in the following infographic that shows key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence.

The bad news is that every indicator is moving in the wrong direction.

But scroll through the doom and gloom and read the good news - the authors say that we know how to fix it - halving CO2 emissions as quickly as possible, along with rapid, deep and sustained cuts in other GHG emissions, would achieve net zero CO2 in the early 2050s. That fix would hold heating close to 1.5°C. All GHG emissions should reach net zero roughly two decades later.

Taken together this means that our current generation can save the future for our children, but only if political leaders choose to act on the evidence.

The information in the infographic was drawn from the peer-reviewed paper Indicators of Global Climate Change 2024: annual update of key indicators of the state of the climate system and human influence.