According to data from EU climate monitors, 2023 was 1.48 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, just below the 1.5 degrees Celsius limit set in the Paris Climate Accord 

The year 2023 was the hottest on record for Earth, breaking the previous record set in 2016. The average global temperature from 1991 to 2020 increased by 0.60 degrees Celsius to 14.98 degrees Celsius. This worrying trend has been validated by the Copernicus Climate Change Service, which predicts that over the next 12 months—ending in January or February 2024—a violation of the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold, established during the 2015 Paris Climate Accord, is probable.

The goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement, which was signed by 196 countries, is to keep the rise in the average temperature to 2 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels. Furthermore, initiatives are being undertaken to keep the increase in temperature limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels. But worrying changes have occurred since the year began, with January temperatures showing that they have beyond the 1.5 degrees threshold for the first time.

According to EU climate monitors, the temperature in 2023 increased by 1.48 degrees Celsius over pre-industrial levels, barely missing the 1.5 degrees Celsius threshold set by the Paris Climate Agreement. This record heat has far-reaching effects, bringing discomfort and occasionally even danger to parts of Europe, North America, China, and beyond.

Scientists emphasise that the increase in extreme weather events is related to a warming climate. A few instances are the protracted drought that ravaged the Horn of Africa, the deluges that caused the dam to collapse and fatalities in Libya, and the extensive effects of Canadian wildfires on the quality of the air from North America to Europe. Concerns over the acceleration of climate change and its cascading impacts on vulnerable populations are raised by the continuous rise in global temperatures.