2023 the warmest year on record: EU

2023 was the warmest year on record, eclipsing a record set in 2016. Records from the European Union date back to 1850.

2023 the warmest year on record: EU

It’s official: 2023 was the, according to data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service.

The global average temperature in 2023 was 0.17°C higher than the previous record set in 2016.

It was 1.48°C warmer than pre-industrial levels (between 1850 and 1900).

The climate organisation’s records date back to 1850.

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Copernicus Deputy Director Samantha Burgess said these temperatures likely exceed those of any period in the last 100,000 years.

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