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Breaking climate science and policy coverage as extreme weather events reshape communities. Keep tabs on the race to a low carbon economy, which may be bumpy as governments, climate tech startups and major oil and gas companies race to find their niche amid the changing energy landscape.

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2024 may be the hottest year in recorded history

This year is certain to be the warmest on record globally, but next year may eclipse it.

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2024 may be even hotter than the &quot;<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="gobsmackingly" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2023/10/04/earth-hottest-september-record-year" data-vars-content-id="7cdea225-dde0-4ffa-9e09-60ef362c7d9f" data-vars-headline="2024 may be the hottest year in recorded history" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2023/10/04/earth-hottest-september-record-year" target="_self">gobsmackingly</a>&quot; hot 2023, which featured extreme — and often deadly — weather and climate events around the globe. Why it matters: A hotter 2024 would lend credence to the hypothesis that <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="global warming is accelerating" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2023/10/16/global-warming-september-extreme-heat" data-vars-content-id="7cdea225-dde0-4ffa-9e09-60ef362c7d9f" data-vars-headline="2024 may be the hottest year in recorded history" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2023/10/16/global-warming-september-extreme-heat" target="_self">global warming is accelerating</a>.

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2024 may be the hottest year in recorded history