In 2024, global temperatures crossed the 1.5 degree mark that the world agreed to not cross just 10 years ago in Paris

2024 was also the first year that global temperatures have crossed the 1.5 Celsius degree mark that the world agreed to not cross just 10 years ago in Paris .

An analysis of the path the world is currently on shows that we're headed for somewhere between 2.2 and 3.4 degrees of warming. This paves the way for centuries of unimaginable planetary cataclysm..

We've gone past the point of no return at the planetary scale, but each of our actions still does matter.

We have to hold these truths simultaneously in our heads and our hearts and decide how to move forward.

The response to the fires in Los Angeles , countless firsthand survivor essays of what it feels like to lose a place you love, is what this looks like.