05/06/2024 (Agence Europe) – In its new monthly bulletin, published on Wednesday 5 June, the European Commission’s climate change observatory, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), announced that May 2024 was the warmest May on record at global level, with an average surface air temperature that was 0.65°C above the 1991-2020 average. In fact, the average global temperature is 1.52°C above the pre-industrial average of 1850-1900. May 2024 is the latest in a series of 12 consecutive months with record temperatures. “It is shocking, but not surprising that we have reached this 12-month period. Although this series of record-breaking months will eventually come to an end, the general signature of climate change remains, and there is no sign of this trend changing”, commented Carlo Buontempo, Director of the C3S. To see the Copernicus climate bulletins: https://aeur.eu/f/cj9 (PLD)