Global warming exceeds critical limit for first full year
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For the first time ever, the Earth has experienced a full year with global warming surpassing 1.5-degree Celsius, as per the European Union's climate service. Although this doesn't violate the Paris Agreement, it does bring us closer to doing so in the coming years. Professor Liz Bentley, CEO of the Royal Meteorological Society, said urgent action to reduce carbon emissions might still slow down warming, adding that "to go over [1.5C of warming] on an annual average is significant."