"EU Climate Service Predicts 2023 to Break Heat Records as Hottest Year Yet"

The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service has reported that 2023 is on track to become the hottest year since at least 1940. The global average temperature for January-September was 0.52 degrees Celsius higher than the average of the climate change service's reference period from 1991-2020. This temperature is 1.4 degrees Celsius higher than the pre-industrial period. The warming El Nino event is still developing, which is expected to continue the record-breaking temperatures for months, with significant impacts on the environment and society. However, this increase does not mean the world is on the verge of crossing the long-term warming threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius set by the 2015 Paris accord.