The World Meteorological Organization quoted a report from the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the European Union's climate monitoring agency, on the 9th, saying that temperatures continue to hit new highs this year, and January 2024 is the hottest January on record globally.
Firefighters extinguish a fire in the village of Chasia near Athens, the capital of Greece, Aug. 22, 2023. In the summer of 2023, record extreme heat swept across the European continent, and wildfires were frequent in countries such as Greece. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Marios Rolos).
The World Meteorological Organization said it was the eighth consecutive month of the highest temperature for the same period, and sea surface temperatures continued to hit record highs.
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the average surface temperature in January was 1. % higher than the average temperature for the same period before industrial construction (1850-1900).66 degrees Celsius.
The World Meteorological Organization said this does not mean that the global average temperature has risen beyond the 15 degrees Celsius target. The Paris Agreement refers to years of long-term global warming, rather than a one-time increase in a month or year that exceeds the temperature limit.
Data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service also showed that the temperature in January this year was 070 degrees Celsius, 0 degrees higher than the previous hottest January set in 202012 degrees Celsius.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service said that El Niño in the equatorial Pacific region began to weaken this year, but sea surface temperatures remained unusually high overall.
*Xinhua.
Edited by Long Piao.
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