The Latest Breaking News from Copernicus

Sunday was world’s hottest ever recorded day, data suggests

Preliminary data from Copernicus suggests temperature records were shattered, taking world into ‘uncharted territory’

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2024

Heat making Earth "weird" — and deadly

For 13 straight months, global heat records have been shattered. This is unprecedented in human history

Salon · Jul 11, 2024

June was the warmest month on record worldwide, high temperatures not expected to end anytime soon

June was the 13th month in a row to rank as the warmest respective month in Copernicus' database which dates back to 1940.

Latin Times · Jul 8, 2024

Ban fossil fuel ads to save climate, says UN chief

Average global temperatures have an 80 per cent chance of increasing by 1.5C in the next five years, the UN warned

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024

Planet Overheating, Ban Fossil Fuel Ads: UN Chief

Humans are as dangerous to the planet as the meteorite that drove dinosaurs to extinction, the UN chief said Wednesday, as scientists announced the last 12 months were the hottest on record.

International Business Times · Jun 5, 2024

UN agency predicts that 1.5-degree Celsius target limit likely to be surpassed by 2028

The U.N. weather agency is predicting an 80% chance that average global temperatures will surpass the 1.5 Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) target laid out in the landmark Paris climate accord within the next five years

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024

Weather tracker: global average temperature highest ever for April

Figures from EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service show it was 11th time in a row monthly record has been broken

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2024

Global temperature streak continues with record hot April

The world has experienced the hottest April on record, with air and sea surface temperatures remaining more than 1.5°C higher than the pre-industrial period, a report by the EU's climate monitor on Wednesday warned.

Radio France Internationale · May 8, 2024

Heat-related deaths rise by 30 percent in Europe due to extreme weather

Data published by two leading climate monitors this Monday says that Europe endured a record number of 'extreme heat stress' days in 2023, underscoring the threat of increasingly deadly summers across the continent.

Radio France Internationale · Apr 22, 2024

Europe endured record number of ‘extreme heat stress’ days in 2023

New report warns people are increasingly at risk in a continent warming twice as fast as the global average.

Al Jazeera · Apr 22, 2024