Urgent: 2026 virtually certain to exceed 1.5-degree Celsius warming threshold -- EU climate monitor -Xinhua

Urgent: 2026 virtually certain to exceed 1.5-degree Celsius warming threshold -- EU climate monitor

Source: Xinhua

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2026-11-06 17:14:30

BRUSSELS, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Global average temperatures in 2026 are now virtually certain to exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, making 2026 the second calendar year to do so, after 2024, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said Friday. ■