--- title: 2014 in Review date: 2014-12-22T17:31:37Z modified: 2019-10-23T15:48:51Z permalink: "https://350.org/2014-review/" type: super_pages status: publish excerpt: "" wpid: 36172 author: Matthew Anderson --- # ![350 2014 Year in Review](https://350.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/350-yir-title.png) ### “Everything’s coming together, while everything falls apart.” — [Jamie Henn on 2014](https://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175938/tomgram%3A_rebecca_solnit,_challenging_the_divine_right_of_big_energy/) [Share on Facebook](https://facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://350.org/2014) [Share on Twitter](https://twitter.com/home?status=2014%20in%20Review%3A%20A%20year%20of%20massive%20marches%2C%20drastic%20droughts%2C%20record%20breaking%20temperatures%2C%20and%20immense%20people%20power.%20http%3A%2F%2F350.org%2F2014) **This year we have seen enormous momentum in people coming together all over the world to take action for the climate.** 2014 was the [hottest year on record](https://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2015/01/2014-hottest-year-record). Countless people all over the world felt the reality of climate change. ### Rising Temperatures ![350-yir-temp-graph-compressed-2](https://350.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/350-yir-temp-graph-compressed-2.png) NOAA: Land and Ocean Temperature Anomaly, Relative to 20th Century Average (Jun–Oct) Global temperatures have been rising sharply in the past two decades. The 10 hottest years on record have all been after 2002, with 2014 setting the new record. Source: [Climate Central](https://www.climatecentral.org/gallery/graphics/10-warmest-years-globally) ### In numbers: Highlights of 2014 400,000 People Estimated, at the NYC People’s Climate March 162 Countries had People’s Climate Events $50 Billion Divested from Fossil Fuel Companies 181 Institutions Pledged to divest from Fossil Fuels, including cities, churches, universities, and more 8 Coal Ships Stopped by the Pacific Climate Warriors canoe blockade 4 years Amount of time the Keystone XL pipeline has been stopped in its tracks ### In numbers: The Bad News 65 % Percentage of the planet’s [carbon budget](https://www.climatecentral.org/news/two-decades-until-carbon-budget-is-eaten-through-18051) we’ve used 5 Hurricanes Category-5 storms in the Pacific this year 460 People killed when catastrophic flooding hit parts of India and Pakistan 16.7 Million Olympic swimming pools’ worth of water California needs to recover from multi-year drought 8 Sq. Miles Land purchased in Fiji by Kiribati, in order to move its entire population to avoid rising sea levels ### Headlines & News Coverage ##### THE BAD --- [ Sao Paulo Drought Leaves Brazil’s Biggest City Desperate For Water Huffington Post ](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/07/sao-paulo-drought_n_6118888.html) [ Balkan flood devastation ‘exceeds war damage’ Al Jazeera ]() [ California’s ‘Hot Drought’ Ranks Worst in at Least 1,200 Years Bloomberg ](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-05/california-s-drought-ranks-worst-in-at-least-1-200-years.html) [ Carbon Dioxide Levels Rocketed to an Apex in April — and It’s Not Stopping Mashable ](https://mashable.com/2014/05/02/april-2014-highest-co2-levels/) ##### THE GOOD --- [ We need an apartheid-style boycott to save the planet Desmond Tutu: The Guardian ](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/10/divest-fossil-fuels-climate-change-keystone-xl) [ Hundreds of Thousands Converge on New York to Demand Climate-Change Action TIME ](https://time.com/3415162/peoples-climate-march-new-york-manhattan-demonstration/) [ ‘Pacific Climate Warriors’ blockade Newcastle harbour The Guardian ](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2014/oct/17/pacific-climate-warriors-blockade-newcastle-coal-port-in-pictures) [ Cowboys and Indians Unite to Reject Keystone XL MSNBC ]() ### Video Highlights of 2014 ### 2014: January to December \[[View the story “2014 in review” on Storify](//storify.com/350dotorg/2014-in-review)\]