BRUSSELS – The world has just experienced its hottest January on record, continuing an unusual heat run driven by climate change, the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on Thursday.
Last month surpassed the previous warmest January, which occurred in 2020, in the C3S record since 1950.
The unusual month comes after 2023 was listed as the planet’s hottest year on global record since 1850, as human-caused climate change and the El Nino weather phenomenon, which warms surface waters in the eastern Pacific Ocean, push temperatures higher.
Every month since June has been the hottest on record, compared to the same month in previous years.
“Not only was January the warmest on record but we also just had a 12-month period of more than 1.5 C (1.7 F) above the pre-industrial reference period,” said C3S Deputy Director Samantha Burgess.
“A rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is the only way to stop the rise in global temperatures,” he said.
January 2024 was recorded as the hottest in history. Reuters
US scientists say 2024 has a one in three chance of being hotter than last year, and a 99% chance of ranking in the top five warmest years.
The El Nino phenomenon began to weaken last month, and scientists, opening a new tab, have indicated it could transition to its cooler La Nina counterpart later this year.
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Still, last month’s average global sea surface temperature was the highest for any January on record.
Countries agreed in the 2015 Paris Agreement to try to prevent global warming from exceeding 1.5 degrees Celsius, to prevent it from producing more severe and irreversible consequences.
Despite exceeding 1.5 C in 12 months, the world has yet to breach the Paris Agreement target, which refers to the average global temperature over decades.
Some scientists say the goal is no longer realistically achievable, but have urged governments to act more quickly to reduce CO2 emissions to limit overshooting the target – and the deadly heat, drought and rising seas this will cause to humans and ecosystems – alike. the amount possible.
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