The world has experienced its hottest northern hemisphere summer on record, as a swath of countries baked in stifling heat, putting 2024 firmly on course to be the warmest on the books, scientists said.
The average temperature globally for the June to August period was 16.8C, 0.69C above the 1991-2020 average and 1.5C above 1850-1900 pre-industrial levels, the Copernicus earth observation agency said.
A temporary rise of 1.5C in the average global temperature is distinct from the Paris Agreement goal of limiting long-term global warming to 1.5C.
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