The hottest temperature in November was 2020

Paris: Last month became the hottest month on record among the months of November in the world, bringing 2020 closer to the record level recorded in 2016, according to the European “Copernicus” service to monitor the atmosphere.

The service stated in its monthly climate report, released Monday, a few days before the fifth anniversary of the Paris Climate Agreement, that the 12-month period from December 2019 to November 2020 witnessed an average temperature of 1.28 degrees. centigrade higher than that. The registrar is pre-industrial.

Almost two hundred countries pledged in this agreement to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, with the aim of limiting the increase in temperature rates to less than two degrees Celsius or one and a half degrees to reduce the devastating effects of storms, droughts or heat waves.

However, the world has seen a temperature increase of 0.2 degrees Celsius every decade since the late 1970s, according to Copernicus.

The rate of global warming is about 1.2 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial rates, on a path that will strengthen by 2020.

And the World Meteorological Organization announced Wednesday that 2020 is heading for an advanced position among the freest years in history, with semi-final data placing it second after 2016, but the difference is small, meaning that the rankings You can change.

Copernicus indicated this Monday that “2020 is closer to breaking the record registered in 2016” with the incorporation of the new data for the month of November, which brings it closer to the top of the classification of freest years in history, on a par with 2016 or even separately, except in the event of a possible route change.

Globally, temperatures over the past month clearly exceeded (0.13 degrees Celsius) the previous record level recorded twice in November 2016 and 2019. And this year’s level is 0.77 degrees Celsius higher than the temperature. average over the period 1981-2010.

“These record levels are in line with the long-term trend of global warming,” said Carlo Pontembo, director of the Copernicus European Service for Climate Change, calling on leaders to “view these record levels as a warning bell and look for the best ways to respect the commitments of the Paris Agreement. “

Climate advocates hope the summit, hosted by the United Nations and Britain on Saturday, on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, will be an occasion to restore momentum to climate ambitions.

Temperatures were especially high during November in Siberia, the Arctic Ocean, parts of northern Europe, the United States, Latin America, and West Antarctica.

Likewise, sea ice in the Arctic Ocean was at its second lowest level, a situation that constitutes “a worrying situation that” highlights the importance of conducting comprehensive monitoring of the Arctic region, which is warming faster than the rest of the world. world “, according to Carlo Pontembo.

While the austral summer is still in its infancy, Australia experienced a first heat wave, hitting 48 degrees Celsius in Andamoka in South Australia, and new fires are raging in the forests of Fraser Island, which is on the Heritage List. UNESCO World.

Europe also experienced its warmest fall season on record, with average temperatures 1.9 degrees Celsius higher than the reference period and 0.4 degrees Celsius higher than the previous record in the fall of 2006.

The Copernicus database, recorded via satellite, includes global temperatures since 1979, but data recorded by traditional techniques and other agencies does not show any warmer years before 1979, since before the industrial revolution.