Global temperatures last year crept past a key goal, raising questions about how much nations can stop the planet from heating up further.

Last year was not only the hottest since record-keeping began in 1850 but was also the first to pass a threshold meant to limit the worst effects of climate change, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said Friday.

It's the first time in recorded history that the planet was above a hoped-for limit to warming for an entire year.

According to climate scientists at the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service, global temperatures reached the highest levels on record in 2024, rising 1.6 degrees Celsius above p

Earth records its hottest year ever in 2024 and passes major climate threshold.