"2023: Earth's Record-Breaking Hottest Year"
The year 2023 has been confirmed as the hottest on record, with temperatures about 1.48C warmer than the long-term average before human-caused climate change. Almost every day since July saw a new global air temperature high, and sea surface temperatures also broke previous records. The warmth has exacerbated extreme weather events worldwide, including heatwaves, wildfires, and flooding. The possibility of 2024 being even warmer raises concerns about breaching the 1.5C warming threshold set in the Paris Agreement, highlighting the urgent need to address the main cause of rising temperatures - fossil fuels.