08/02/24 (Agence Europe) – The latest data from the European Commission’s climate change observatory, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), unveiled on Thursday 8 February, show that January 2024 was the warmest January on record worldwide, with an average surface air temperature of 13.4°C, 0.70°C above the 1991-2020 average and 0.12°C above the temperature in January 2020, the previous warmest January. “2024 begins with a new record month. Not only is this the warmest January on record, but we have also just experienced a 12-month period of more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial reference period”, pointed out Samantha Burgess, Deputy Director of C3S. To view the monthly Copernicus bulletins: https://aeur.eu/f/ar1 (PLD)