2023 Was the World’s , Hottest Year on Record.<br />'The Guardian' reports that 2023 was the <br />hottest year ever recorded by a wide margin.<br />The news provides "dramatic testimony" of <br />worsening climate change and global warming. .<br />2023 was 1.48 degrees Celsius hotter than the time before the onset of the climate crises, which is very close to the <br />1.5 degree limit set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.<br />For the target to officially be considered <br />broken, global temperatures would need to <br />be consistently over 1.5 degrees Celsius.<br />According to scientists at the EU's Copernicus <br />Climate Change Service (CCCS), the world is likely <br />to exceed that mark for the first time in 2024.<br />'The Guardian' reports that the primary cause of increased <br />global temperatures was ongoing record emissions <br />of carbon dioxide, in addition to the return of El Niño.<br />Increased temperatures reportedly drove <br />heat waves, wildfires and floods that resulted in <br />the loss of lives and livelihoods around the world.<br />Increased temperatures reportedly drove <br />heat waves, wildfires and floods that resulted in <br />the loss of lives and livelihoods around the world.<br />According to CCCS data, 2023 was also the first year on <br />record when every day was at least one degree Celsius <br />higher than pre-industrial records set between 1850-1900.<br />The extremes we have observed <br />over the last few months provide <br />a dramatic testimony of how far <br />we now are from the climate in <br />which our civilization developed, Carlo Buontempo, Copernicus Climate Change <br />Service (CCCS) director, via 'The Guardian'.<br />This has profound consequences <br />for the Paris Agreement and all human <br />endeavors. If we want to successfully <br />manage our climate risk, we need to <br />urgently decarbonize our economy <br />whilst using climate data and <br />knowledge to prepare for the future, Carlo Buontempo, Copernicus Climate Change <br />Service (CCCS) director, via 'The Guardian'
