2023 the hottest year on record: Evidence that human-induced global warming now exceeds 1.5˚C.

There is now clear evidence that during the last decade global temperatures exceeded the 1.5oC guardrail and are on track to pass the critical 2 degrees threshold in the next few years.

This seminar will focus on new evidence presented in the journal Nature Climate Change, looking at long-living Sclerosponges. These carbonate skeleton producing species can provide a ‘diary’ of sea temperatures going back over 300 years.

The extraordinary warming that occurred in 2023 made it the hottest year on record. When coupled with this new research, a very different picture of global warming emerges.

Panel discussion to follow talk by Professor Malcolm McCulloch.

Panel members are Member for Curtin Kate Chaney MP, Professor Petra Tschakert, Professor of Geography and Global Futures, Dr Bryson Bates, former Chief Research Scientist CSIRO.