Climate scientists declare 2023 hottest year on record as 1.5C temperature threshold breached every second day

"Breaches of the 1.5C threshold occurred on almost 50pc of days - an unheard-of level of exceedances."

"The extremes we have observed over the last few months provide a dramatic testimony of how far we now are from the climate in which our civilization developed," said Director Carlo Buontempo. "This has profound consequences for the Paris Agreement and all human endeavors."

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