2014: A Year of Temperature Records and Landmark Climate Findings

The document reports that 2014 was the hottest year on record, continuing a 38-year trend of above-average global temperatures. It highlights that monthly temperatures have remained above average since December 1984 and links this warming trend to manmade greenhouse gas emissions and an increase in costly climate disasters.

• In 2014, the world reached its highest recorded annual temperature, continuing a streak of 38 consecutive years where the mean global temperature exceeded the twentieth century average. The year also saw record-high temperatures in the summer and fall, and the second-warmest spring.
• Global monthly temperatures have not fallen below the average since December 1984. This warming trend coincides with a rise in expensive climate disasters, with seven of the ten most costly years occurring after 2000.
• Scientific consensus attributes warming over the last 50 years primarily to human-caused climate change. Temperatures are projected to rise for the rest of the century due to ongoing greenhouse gas emissions from human activities, with delays in emission reductions increasing the risk of disastrous impacts.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). 2014: A Year of Temperature Records and Landmark Climate Findings. https://www.wri.org/research/2014-year-temperature-records-and-landmark-climate-findings

Chicago

World Resources Institute. 2014: A Year of Temperature Records and Landmark Climate Findings. n.d. https://www.wri.org/research/2014-year-temperature-records-and-landmark-climate-findings.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutend2014, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{2014: A Year of Temperature Records and Landmark Climate Findings}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://www.wri.org/research/2014-year-temperature-records-and-landmark-climate-findings}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }