Copernicus: 2023 is the hottest year since records began
A series of heat records have already been measured this year. According to Copernicus, the months from June to November were the hottest worldwide since records began.
Last week, the UN came to the same conclusion as Copernicus: the preliminary climate status report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) showed that 2023 would most likely be the hottest year since records began.
According to the report, the global average temperature was already around 1.4 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels by the end of October. The difference to the previous record years of 2016 and 2020 is already so great that the months of November and December will no longer change the global heat record, it said.
In order to avert the catastrophic consequences of climate change, the global community agreed in 2015 in the Paris Climate Agreement to limit global warming to well below two degrees, but preferably to 1.5 degrees compared to the pre-industrial era. According to a current UN forecast, however, the Earth is currently heading towards a dangerous warming of 2.5 to 2.9 degrees by 2100 due to further increases in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Source: www.stern.de
