Global average temperatures during the three months of summer (June, July, August) were the highest ever measured, the European observatory Copernicus announced on Wednesday 6 September, for which 2023 will probably be the hottest year of the story.
“Given the excess heat on the surface of the oceans, it is likely that 2023 will be the hottest year (…) that humanity has known”, told Agence France-Presse Samantha Burgess, chief deputy of the climate change service (C3S) of Copernicus.
“Climate collapse has begun,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement on Wednesday after the announcement of the world record for summer temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere.
“Scientists have long warned of the consequences of our reliance on fossil fuels,” he added. “Our climate is imploding faster than we can handle it, with extreme weather events hitting every corner of the planet. »