No, CNN and BBC, 2024 Wasn’t the ‘Hottest Year on Record’ When ALL of the Available Evidence Is Considered
By
Anthony Watts
January 16, 2025
A number of mainstream media outlets have uncritically echoed the proclamation of 2024 being the “hottest year on record,” such as, CNN with a story titled, “2024 Confirmed as World’s Hottest Year on Record”, and the BBC with a headline that declared, “2024 Confirmed as Hottest Year Ever Recorded.” When these media reports are examined in long-term historical context of the available global temperature data, it becomes clear that the claims lack the certainty their headlines proclaim and are likely false or exaggerated.
A close examination reveals that such declarations are predominantly based on data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (CCCS), a European organization but only one of several global temperature monitoring systems. Their press release, 2024 – a second record-breaking year, following the exceptional 2023 became immediately re-used by media outlets around the world.
The CCCS says:
https://climaterealism.com/2025/01/no-cnn-and-bbc-2024-wasnt-the-hottest-year-on-record-when-all-of-the-available-evidence-is-considered/
