Global temperature records continue to tumble

Peter du ToitI'm the founder of FutureWork IQ where I spend my time assisting businesses to improve their climate literacy so as to understand the projected impacts from the expanding climate crisis and how to adapt their workplaces in the face of these impacts.

For two consecutive days, July 21 and July 22, the daily average global surface temperature record set on July 6, 2023 (17.08°C) has been broken. You can read more about this here New record daily global average temperature reached in July 2024

Current instrument readings:

+1.3°C – latest 5-year average above the preindustrial average of 1850-1900.
+1.68°C – 12-month running mean above the preindustrial average of 1850-1900.

Permanent +1.5°C of heating now likely during the late 2020’s early 2030’s.

419.3 ppm CO2 concentrations (2023 avg.)
1902 ppb CH4 concentrations (2023 avg.)

Why should the above be discussed in every boardroom? Because this has a direct impact on global and regional economies. (See Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report)

There are two questions that every leadership team should be asking:

1) How do we prepare for global heating that we are already committed to?
2) How we decouple from fossil fuels to prevent this from getting worse?