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The European Center for Climate Change Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said that 2024 will be the hottest year on record.
As reported by Ukrinform, this was reported by Reuters.
C3S data from January to November confirm that 2024 will certainly be the hottest year on record.
According to climatologists, this year will also be the first year in which the average global temperature will exceed 1,5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial period of 1850-1900.
The previous hottest year was 2023.
In 2024, it said, extreme weather swept across the globe: severe droughts hit Italy and South America, deadly floods were recorded in Nepal, Sudan and Europe, heatwaves in Mexico, Mali and Saudi Arabia claimed thousands of lives, and there were catastrophic cyclones in USA and the Philippines.
Last month was the second warmest November on record after November 2023.
"We're still at near-record high global temperatures, and that's likely to continue for at least the next few months," Copernicus climate researcher Julien Nicolas told Reuters.
Carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels are the main cause of climate change.
