The average global temperature increased by 1.5 degrees threshold during the first days of June, said a report by European Union's climate monitoring unit on 15 June, describing it as the warmest.
According to the report by the EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the world experienced the warmest early June on record, after May which was less than 0.1 degrees Celsius cooler than the warmest May on record.
"The world has just experienced its warmest early June on record, following a month of May that was less than 0.1 degrees Celsius cooler than the warmest May on record," said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
The C3S noted that though global temperatures were higher than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels have been observed before, but until now only in the northern hemisphere winter and spring months.
"Global mean temperature exceeded 1.5 degrees threshold during the first days of June. Monitoring how often and for how long these breaches occur is more important than ever, if we are to avoid more severe consequences of the climate crisis," tweeted European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on Thursday.
Earlier, the Paris Agreement on climate change -- that came into force in 2016 -- had said efforts will be pursued to limit the long-term rise of temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.
Not exactly. Previously too the 1.5°C limit global rise in temperature was witnessed in 2015, 2016 and 2020. But it took place in the northern hemisphere winters and springs.
The report further cited the the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report -- published in May -- highlighting a 66% likelihood that the annual average global temperature in 2023–2027 would be more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for at least one year.
Citing the El Niño effect, the report claims that there are good chances the global-mean air temperature again exceeds pre-industrial levels by more than 1.5⁰C in coming 12 months.
Apart from this, the WMO report also mentions of a 98% likelihood that at least one of the next five years, and the five-year period as a whole, will be the warmest on record.
However, it adds that there is a 32% chance that the five-year mean will exceed the 1.5°C threshold set in the Paris Agreement.
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