2023: Another Record-Breaking Year as Global Temperatures Soar

According to a report by Copernicus, 2023 is on track to become the warmest year on record globally, with September experiencing unprecedented temperature anomalies following the hottest summer ever recorded. The month was around 1.75 degrees Celsius warmer than the September average for the preindustrial reference period. The global temperature during September 2023 featured the largest deviation from the average in the dataset going back to 1940. With El Niño conditions forecasted to strengthen, 2023 could break the previous record by a large margin. This alarming trend is dangerously close to the goal set in the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.