2026 ‘most likely’ to be second-hottest year on record: EU monitor

CTV News · AFP Staff · 2026-11-06 15:16 UTC

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.

PARIS, France -- 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 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels in 2026, Copernicus said.

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