❖ The WMO's State of the Climate 2024 report was released during the United National Climate Conference (COP29), in Baku, Azerbaijan.

❖ The report issued a red alert as the year 2024 is on track to be the warmest year on record.

❖ From January to September of this year, the global average temperature was 1.54 degrees above the pre-industrial level.

❖ However, long-term warming measures over decades remain below 1.5 degrees.

❖ WMO report says from 2014-2023, global mean sea level rose at a rate of 4.77 mm per year.

❖ It was more than double the rate between 1993 and 2002.

❖ India experienced extreme weather events on 93% of the days in the first nine months of the year

❖ Punjab and Haryana were the worst hit, as they experienced extreme weather events on 34 days.

❖ They were followed by Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan that experienced extreme weather events on 27 and 26 days, respectively.