09/12/2024 (Agence Europe) – The data announced on Monday 9 December by the European Commission’s climate change observatory, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), show that November 2024, with an average surface air temperature of 14.10°C, is the second warmest November, on a global level, after November 2023. This figure is 0.73°C above the 1991-2020 average for November and 1.62°C above pre-industrial levels. Over a period of 17 months, 16 have already crossed the threshold of +1.5°C compared with the pre-industrial era. 2024 is set to be the warmest year on record, with the global mean temperature anomaly reaching 0.72°C above the 1991-2020 mean between January and November, according to the Copernicus climate reanalysis system, ERA5. To consult the Copernicus data, go to https://aeur.eu/f/epw (NP)