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This story was originally published by<\/em>\u00a0Grist<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0is reproduced here as part of the\u00a0<\/em>Climate Desk<\/a>\u00a0collaboration.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last year,<\/strong>\u00a0climate change came into sharp relief for much of the world: The planet experienced its hottest 12-month period in 125,000 years. Flooding events inundated communities from California to East Africa to India. A heat wave in South America caused temperatures to spike above 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the middle of winter, and a heat dome across much of the southern United States spurred a 31-day streak in Phoenix of 110 degree-plus temperatures. The formation of an El Ni\u00f1o, the natural phenomenon that raises temperatures globally, intensified extreme weather already strengthened by climate change. The US alone counted 25 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2023\u2014more than any other year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet this devastation was met by some of the largest gains in climate action to date. World leaders agreed for the first time to \u201ctransition away\u201d from oil and gas at the annual United Nations climate summit, hosted last month by the United Arab Emirates. Funds and incentives from President Joe Biden\u2019s signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, started to roll out to companies and municipalities. Electric vehicle sales skyrocketed, thousands of young people signed up for the first-ever American Climate Corps, and companies agreed to pay billions of dollars to remove harmful chemicals called PFAS from drinking water supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we enter a new year, we asked Grist<\/em> reporters what big stories they\u2019re watching on their beats, 24 predictions for 2024. Their forecasts depict a world on the cusp of change in regard to climate\u2014both good and bad, and often in tandem. Here\u2019s what we\u2019re keeping an eye on, from hard-won international financial commitments, to battles over mining in-demand minerals like lithium, to the expansion of renewable energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A ConocoPhillips refinery abuts a residential area in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles in 2022. Luis Sinco \/ Getty \/ Grist<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

POLITICS & POLICY<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

1. A new climate corps will turn young people\u2019s anxiety into action.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The American Climate Corps will officially kick off in the summer of 2024, sending 20,000 18- to 26-year-olds across the country to install solar projects, mitigate wildfire risk, and make homes more energy-efficient. President Biden\u2019s New Deal-inspired program is modeled after Franklin D. Roosevelt\u2019s Climate Conservation Corps and attracted 100,000 applicants. As it rolls out, the climate corps will continue to draw criticism from the left for low wages and ageism, and from the right for being a \u201cmade-up government work program \u2026 for young liberal activists.\u201d Yet the program will remain popular with the public, bolstering towns\u2019 resilience to weather disasters and training thousands of young people to help fill the country\u2019s shortage of skilled workers needed for decarbonization. \u2014Kate Yoder<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Despite rising temperatures, climate change takes a backseat during the 2024 election.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although more than a decade of surveys and polls show that a growing proportion of Americans are concerned about climate change, it has never been a defining issue in a general election\u2014and will likely remain that way in 2024, at least on the main stage. Put simply, there are too many immediate concerns that will dominate the campaign trail as President Joe Biden faces off against the Republican nominee\u2014most likely former President Donald Trump: Russia\u2019s ongoing war in Ukraine, Israel\u2019s war against Hamas, the overturning of Roe v. Wade and the fight for abortion rights, new charges against Biden\u2019s son, Hunter, and, of course, the numerous criminal charges against Trump. Biden may herald his signature climate law, the Inflation Reduction Act, in his own messaging, but climate change is unlikely to cross party lines. \u2014Zoya Teirstein<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. A climate reparations fund gets off the ground.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During COP28, the UN climate conference that took place in Dubai last year, countries agreed to set up a climate reparations fund on an interim basis at the World Bank. The fund was a longtime priority of developing countries and climate justice advocates who argued that nations that had contributed negligibly to a warming planet were facing the consequences. This year, the World Bank is expected to set up the fund and begin disbursing money to poor nations. Board members will be selected, an executive director will be appointed, decisions about how countries can access the money will be made, and money will begin flowing to those in need. During COP28, wealthy countries chipped in more than $650 million to the fund. More money will also fill the coffers this year. \u2014Naveena Sadasivam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\t\t

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