Day: February 8, 2024

Munich Security Conference did not invite Russian, Iran officials this year  Reuters

President of Arab Parliament congratulates Azerbaijan on organizing presidential elections successfully  AzerNews.Az

Election demonstrates unity of Azerbaijani people – Ukranian MP  Trend News Agency

Azerbaijan`s PM congratulates newly appointed Kazakh counterpart  AZERTAC News

Presidential election in Azerbaijan fully complied with Constitution – Tajik observer  Trend News Agency

For the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5C across an entire year, according to the EU’s climate service, the BBC reports.

World leaders promised in 2015 to try to limit the long-term temperature rise to 1.5C, which is seen as crucial to help avoid the most damaging impacts.

This first year-long breach doesn’t break that landmark “Paris agreement”, but it does bring the world closer to doing so in the long-term.

Urgent action to cut carbon emissions can still slow warming, scientists say.

“To go over [1.5C of warming] on an annual average is significant,” says Prof Liz Bentley, chief executive of the Royal Meteorological Society.

“It’s another step in the wrong direction. But we know what we’ve got to do.”

Limiting long-term warming to 1.5C above “pre-industrial” levels – before humans started burning large amounts of fossil fuels – has become a key symbol of international efforts to tackle climate change.

On February 8, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin made a phone call to President of …