Vehicles abandoned in flood water on a highway in Dubai in April. (Credit: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg) Vehicles abandoned in flood water on a highway in Dubai in April. (Credit: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg)

(Bloomberg) — Wildfires in Canada that burned continuously for over a year. Floods that brought Dubai to a standstill. Deadly heat blanketing the streets of New Delhi.

The first half of 2024 laid bare the catastrophic extremes that now characterize the rapidly changing climate on every continent.

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