Climate change The EU Climate Change Service issued a dramatic warning: “The situation is very worrying”

The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has warned that LThe global average temperature of the last twelve months is the highest ever recorded0.64°C above the 1991–2020 average, and 1.52°C above the pre-industrial average, which confirms The climate situation is “very worrying”according to experts.

Data does not mean that the range of paris agreementSince a long average time of at least ten years above 1.5ºC should be considered exceeded, it “requires close monitoring.”

It is not that this discrepancy has been recorded every twelve months (February 2023-January 2024), but The group average has been above the said thermal limitAs reported by European service sources.

What has happened is that this is the first time that data from said service shows that global temperatures have reached thermal levels “for such a sustained period”.

According to environmental organization WWF, the global climate is facing a “seismic moment”, which should encourage countries and companies to “accelerate their efforts” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

“This is deeply worrying,” the organization said in a statement. ,Unless there are immediate and deep reductions in emissions across all sectors and regions, Earth’s warming will exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius by the early 2030s.“In a permanent manner.

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“it new temperature milestone This coincides with the fact thatGlobal greenhouse gas emissions also reached an all-time high“, according to Stephanie Roe, senior scientist at WWF Global Climate and Energy and member of the UN climate expert panel.

“Without significant emissions cuts in the coming years, we will exceed the long-term 1.5°C limit in the next decade.”

“It is important to prevent each further increase in global warming. The more temperatures rise, the more intense the effects of climate change will be. And the higher the risk of reaching tipping points and irreversible effects.

“It is critical that countries quickly align their policies and financial flows to limit global warming well below 1.5 degrees Celsius,” which means Reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 43% by 2030,

Ways to transform economies, energy and food systems protect and restore nature “Must be done at unprecedented speed and scale.”

The global average surface air temperature in January was 13.14°C, 0.70°C higher than the average January temperature during the period between 1991 and 2020, and surpassing the previous record set in January 2020 by 0.12°C. According to the latest monthly newsletter of the Institute in Bonn (Germany).

Copernicus also highlighted that this is the eighth consecutive month in which the previous record recorded for that month of the year has been surpassed.

Europe at historic high

About this temperature in EuropeCopernicus states that 2023 was Second hottest year on record, 1.02 °C above the 1991–2020 average. This was 0.17°C cooler than 2020, which was the warmest year on record. ,Temperatures in Europe to remain above average for 11 months in 2023 And September was the warmest September on record,” the report said

him more european winter (December 2022-February 2023) second hottest in history, and the average European summer (June–August) temperature was 19.63°C; 0.83°C above average and the fifth hottest temperature ever recorded.

He european autumn (September–November) average temperature was 10.96°C, which is 1.43°C above average. this made autumn second hottest on recordOnly 0.03°C cooler than autumn 2020.

Other notable findings were During 8 months of 2023, Antarctic ice reaches unprecedented minimum extent For the corresponding time of year. Both daily and monthly spreads hit historic lows in February 2023.

for his part, Arctic sea ice extent at its annual maximum in March was one of the four lowest

For the time of year in satellite records. The annual minimum temperature for September was the sixth lowest in history.

Besides, Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and methane continued to rise and reached record levels A in 2023 A large number of extreme events across the planetSuch as heat waves, floods, droughts and forest fires.

At the end, Global carbon emissions from forest fires increased by 30% than 2022, primarily due to continued wildfires in Canada.

Copernicus Report: https://climate.copernicus.eu/sites/default/files/custom-uploads/Global%20Climate%20Highlights%202023/GCH%202023%20PR%20-%202023%20is%20the%20hottest%20year% 20on%20record%2C%20with%20global%20temperature%20off%20to%20the%201.5C%20limit.pdf

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Contact of the Environment Section: Crisisclimatica@prensaiberica.es