The warning comes after a record-breaking October, in which global temperatures were 0.4C higher than the previous record for the month - set in 2019.
It is now a 'near certainty' that 2023 will be Earth's hottest year on record, scientists have said. The stark warning comes after a record-breaking October, in which global temperatures were 0.4C higher than the previous record for the month - set in 2019. 'This is a huge margin,' said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service . She described the temperature anomaly as 'very extreme'.
Scientists have warned that global warming of 1.5C above pre-industrial levels risks unleashing severe climate change effects on people, wildlife and ecosystems. Signatories of the 2015 Paris Agreement have committed to limit the global average temperature rise to well below 2C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century. However, despite the pledge, global CO2 emissions hit a record high in 2022.