European Union scientists said on Wednesday that 2023 will be the warmest year on record, with the average global temperature in the first 11 months of the year reaching the highest level on record, 1.46°C above average of the period 1850-1900.
The record comes as governments are engaged in a marathon of talks at the COP28 summit in Dubai over whether to, for the first time, phase out the use of coal, oil and gas that emit CO2, the main source of heating emissions.
The temperature in the period from January to November was 0.13°C higher than the average for the same period in 2016, currently the warmest year on record, as reported by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
November 2023 was the warmest November on record globally, with an average surface air temperature of 14.22°C, 0.85°C above the 1991-2020 November average and 0.32 °C above the warmest record of the previous November, in 2020, Copernicus added.
This year “has already seen six months and two record-breaking seasons. November’s extraordinary global temperatures, including two days 2°C warmer than pre-industrial times, mean 2023 will be the warmest year on record,” he has declared. C3S Deputy Director Samantha Burgess in a statement.
The boreal autumn from September to November was also the warmest recorded globally by a wide margin, with an average temperature of 15.30°C, 0.88°C above average, EU scientists said .
“As long as greenhouse gas concentrations continue to increase, we cannot expect different outcomes than those seen this year. Temperatures will continue to rise, as will the impacts of heat waves and droughts. Getting to net zero as quickly as possible is an effective way of managing our climate risks”, added C3S director Carlo Buontempo.
Efforts are behind schedule to meet the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of keeping global temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, above which scientists warn of severe impacts on climate, health and agricultural safety.
Source: Terra
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