The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) declared that 2023 has become the hottest year on record, likely surpassing temperatures seen in the last 100,000 years.
The C3S Director, Carlo Buontempo, confirmed this data, dating back to 1850, indicating that the global average temperature in 2023 was 1.48 degrees Celsius warmer than the pre-industrial period (1850-1900).
Despite the goal set by the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, 2023 witnessed temperatures exceeding this threshold on almost half of the days, raising significant concerns.
Furthermore, despite climate targets, CO2 emissions reached record levels in 2023, marking the highest CO2 concentration and the first year with every day surpassing 1 degree Celsius hotter than pre-industrial times.
