Copernicus Climate Change Service – 2023 likely to be hottest year since measurements began – News

• According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, this year will be the warmest year globally since records began in the mid-19th century.
• The organization announced on Wednesday that it is practically impossible for December to change anything.
• 2016 was the warmest year yet. So far, 2023 has been 0.13°C warmer on average.

It has previously been suggested that 2023 will set a record for global average temperatures. In mid-November, the US climate agency NOAA said there was more than a 99% chance it would be the warmest year since 1850. However, none of the relevant institutions have yet made a full decision.

Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), noted in a statement that 2023 has set record temperatures for several months – including November. “Extraordinary global November temperatures mean 2023 will be the warmest year on record.”

According to a Copernicus spokesperson, average global temperatures in December would have to be very cold for 2023 to become the warmest year. However, these low temperatures can be ruled out due to the persistence of the natural climate phenomenon El Niño, which has a warming effect.

On average 1.46 degrees warmer

“This is why we can now say with great confidence that 2023 will be the warmest year since records began,” the spokesman said. As of November, average global temperatures were 1.46 degrees Celsius higher than the reference period before the Industrial Revolution (1850-1900), Copernicus also announced.

“As long as greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise, we cannot expect any results other than those observed this year,” said Carlo Bontempo, Director of C3S. He added: “Temperatures will continue to rise, and with them the effects of heat waves and drought.”

He didn’t get it until Tuesday A report on the global carbon budget (“Global Carbon Budget”) showed that global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels such as coal, crude oil and natural gas continue to rise. It is expected to reach its peak in 2023 at 36.8 billion tons per year. This is 1.1 percent higher than in 2022 and 1.4 percent higher than in the pre-coronavirus year 2019.