22/04/2021 (Agence Europe) – According to the latest European State of the Climate report (ESOTC 2020) published on Thursday, 22 April, by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), 2020 was the warmest year on record, at more than 1.6°C above average. The annual temperature for Europe was the highest on record—namely, 0.4°C warmer than the five warmest years during the last decade. The report shows that winter was particularly warm, at 3.4°C above the 1981–2010 average and about 1.4°C warmer than the previous warmest winter. For the entire Arctic, 2020 was the second warmest year on record, with a surface air temperature 2.2°C above the 1981–2010 average. To view the report: https://bit.ly/3tJzqOe (PH)