2026 'most likely' to be second-hottest year on record: EU monitor
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Global temperatures are now “virtually certain” to exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in 2026, it says.
The world is on track for 2026 to be the second-hottest year on record as an exceptionally strong El Nino weather pattern turbocharges human-driven global warming, the EU’s climate monitor said Friday.
This year still has a “20 per cent chance of tying or exceeding” 2024 as the warmest ever seen, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a monthly bulletin.
Global temperatures are now “virtually certain” to exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in 2026, Copernicus said.