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

Bangkok Post · AFP · 2026-11-06 10:45 UTC

PARIS - 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 on Friday.

PARIS - 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 on Friday.

This year still has a “20% 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.

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