With reference to the WMO State of the Global Climate 2024 Update, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. The year 2024 became the first calendar year to temporarily exceed the 1.5 degrees Celsius warming threshold above pre-industrial levels. 2. A single year breaching the 1.5 degrees Celsius mark indicates that the long-term temperature goal of the Paris Agreement has definitively failed.

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1 only — Statement 1 is correct as 2024 global average temperatures temporarily exceeded the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold. Statement 2 is incorrect because the Paris Agreement's 1.5 degrees Celsius target refers to long-term warming averaged over decades, not a single anomalous year.

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