This year will be the hottest in recorded history after November became the sixth record-breaking month in a row, Europe’s climate monitor said Wednesday, piling pressure on the COP28 talks to act on climate change.
C3S said it was practically impossible for the trend to change before the end of December after November became the sixth record-breaking month in a row.
“The extraordinary global November temperatures, including two days warmer than 2C above pre-industrial (levels), mean that 2023 is the warmest year in recorded history,” said Samantha Burgess, deputy head of the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.
The organization reported that last month broke the previous record for November heat, bringing the global average temperature for 2023 to 1.46 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) higher than it was before the industrial revolution. There had never been a day in history when the temperature rose by more than 2C over pre-industrial levels.
It was previously anticipated that the average global temperature in 2023 will reach a high.
