Earth:2024 in climate change

Short description: Overview of the events of 2024 in climate change

This article documents notable events, research findings, effects, and responses related to global warming and climate change during the year 2024.

Actions, and goal statements

Science and technology

• 2 January: the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the U.S. began operation 15 miles from Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, initially providing 5 MW from one wind turbine, but planning an eventual 62 turbines capable of powering 400,000 homes and businesses.
• 18 January: the first successful test of a solar farm in space—collecting solar power from a photovoltaic cell and beaming energy down to Earth—constituted an early feasibility demonstration.

Mitigation goal statements

• January (reported in TIME): The IEA has outlined that by 2030, we must triple our reliance on renewable sources of energy, double energy efficiency, significantly cut methane emissions, and increase electrification with existing technologies.

See also

• 2024 in the environment and environmental sciences
• Climatology § History
• History of climate change policy and politics
• History of climate change science
• Politics of climate change § History
• Timeline of sustainable energy research 2020–present

External links

Organizations

• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• Climate indicators at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency