2024 sees devastating climate disasters across the globe

• From prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, no place was spared
• The year was the hottest in history, with record-breaking temperatures
• Extreme weather cost thousands of lives and left countless more in desperate poverty

PARIS: From tiny and impoverished Mayotte to oil-rich behemoth Saudi Arabia, prosperous European cities to overcrowded slums in Africa, nowhere was spared the devastating impact of supercharged climate disasters in 2024.

This year is the hottest in history...