07/11/2024 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 7 November, the European Commission’s climate change observatory, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), announced that 2024 is on track to become the hottest year on record, with global temperatures exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first time. According to the published data, the global average temperature for the first ten months of 2024 is already 0.71°C above the 1991-2020 average, i.e. 0.16°C higher than in 2023. In October, the average global temperature reached 1.65°C above pre-industrial levels, making 2024 the second hottest October after 2023. In Europe, the average land temperature was 10.83°C, 1.23°C above average. High temperatures were also recorded in North America, Tibet, Japan and Australia. Consult Copernicus data: https://aeur.eu/f/e83 (NP)