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Countries should be prioritising energy security and sourcing locally, says the head of Norway's Equinor.

Last year, Earth was the hottest it’s been since records began. The onset of El Niño conditions in the Pacific Ocean helped drive global temperatures to new heights. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service found 2023 was 1.48°C warmer than the pre-industrial average.

Last week's back-to-back lake-effect storms offered the first true test of whether local governments – and local residents – learned anything from the calamities of the 2022 Christmas week blizzard.

Without immediate action around fossil fuels and renewables, we risk crossing irreversible tipping points in the earth’s climate system.

‘It’s not game over – it’s game on’: Why 2024 is an inflection point for the climate crisis