Hot, Hotter, and Hottest

This year will be the hottest on record and the first to exceed the target set at the Paris Climate Conference in 2015. The temperature in 2024 will likely be more than 1.55C above the pre-industrial level, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said Thursday. The landmark Paris Agreement called for reducing carbon dioxide emissions to limit global warming to 2C (3.6 F), and ideally 1.5C, above temperatures at the outset of the Industrial Revolution. However, maintaining that threshold has been all but discarded as nations fail to move quickly. Scientists warn that the acceleration of global temperatures will lead to more significant climate disasters while pushing the planet closer to a series of tipping points from which there will be no return.

What We Are Reading & Listening to this Week

• US Air Force and PFAS cleanup in Arizona (The Guardian)
• What to Know About CoP29 in Baku (Bloomberg)
• Ozone pollution is usually a summer problem in Phoenix. This year, it lingered into fall (AZCentral)
• The World’s Best Hope to Beat Climate Change is…Vanishing (Bloomberg)
• Lee Zeldin tapped to run EPA (WashPost)
• Climate Change Indicators in the United States (EPA)
• What does a second Trump presidency mean for climate change? (WashPost)
• Scientists may have figured out why a potent greenhouse gas is rising (WashPost)
• Burning incense can pose health risks for those with allergies and asthma (Science News)

Join Us

• November 19^th: 12:00 pm (EST) Webinar: Engaging Medical Health Professionals in the Fight for Climate Solutions Register
• November 19^th: 2:00 pm (EST) Webinar: Going Smoke – and vape – Free in Multiunit HousingRegister
• December 6^th: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm (EST) Webinar: Climate Conversations: Reimagining Household Products Register
• December 11^th: 10:00 am: Arizona Extreme Heat Summit Report-Out [Zoom] Register
• December 11^th: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm (AZ Time) Save the Date: Extreme Heat in Arizona featuring AzNA Climate Change & Health Workgroup, ANHE, and CAC
• March 1-4^th 2025: Our Planet, Our Health 2025 Climate Action Convention Washington DC Register

Thank you for joining us in making a healthier planet today!