2023's Global Temperature Will Be More Than 1.4 Degrees Celsius Warmer Than Pre-Industrial Levels

Experts said that the global temperature in 2023 would be more than 1.4 degrees Celsius warmer compared to pre-industrial levels.

Due to this, the year 2023 is seen to be the hottest year on record.

More Than Pre-Industrial Levels

Based on the forecast, the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service found out that this year's global temperature would be more than 1.4 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels.

This figure was close to the 1.5-degree threshold in the Paris climate agreement, and this is beyond which scientists say humans and ecosystems will struggle to adapt.

Experts said that reaching 1.5˚C of global warming - a limit agreed under the Paris agreement - may feel like a very distant reality, but it might be closer than what the public thinks.

They suggested that it is likely to happen between 2030 and the early 2050s.

Scientists underscored that global warming had reached an estimated 1.5 degree Celsius in October of this year. They noted that if the 30-year warming trend would continue, global warming will reach 1.5 degree Celsius by May 2034.

Due to the present weather conditions, researchers have said 2023's exceptional warmth is the result of the combined effects of the El Niño phenomenon as well as the human-caused climate change.

So far, a series of deadly heat waves and remarkable record-breaking temperatures have hit several continents this year, while the unprecedented ocean heat blanketed much of the globe.

Meanwhile, the fall that is being experienced in the Northern Hemisphere this year was the warmest on record around the world by a large margin, according to the EU Copernicus.

Moreover, the month of November was also considered as wetter than average across most of the European continent, with Storm Ciarán bringing heavy rains and massive floods to many regions including Italy.

Furthermore, the latest data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service showed that globally the planet had the hottest August on record, with temperatures that was 0.7 degrees Celsius above the 1991 to 2020 average.

Experts also said that it was also the hottest season from June to August on record.

Warmest Decade

The World Meteorological Organization said that the rate of climate change surged alarmingly between 2011 to 2020, which was the warmest decade on record.

The continued rising concentrations of greenhouse gases fueled record land and ocean temperatures and turbo-charged a dramatic acceleration in ice melt and sea level rise, according to the new report from the WMO.

Glaciers thinned by around 1 meter per year - an unprecedented loss - with long-term repercussions for water supplies for many millions of people.

Experts said that the Antarctic continental ice sheet lost nearly 75% more ice between 2011 to 2020 than it did in 2001 to 2010 - an ominous development for future sea level rise which will jeopardize the existence of low-lying coastal regions and states.

They said that weather is becoming more extreme, with a clear and demonstrable impact on socio-economic development.

Droughts, heatwaves, floods, tropical cyclones and wildfires damage infrastructure, destroy agricultural yields, limit water supplies and cause mass displacements.