The European Union’s climate change service Copernicus said on Tuesday that Europe had its hottest October on record.
This happened at a temperature recorded about two degrees Celsius higher than the reporting period between 1991 and 2002, according to AFP. “The horrendous effects of climate change are very visible today and we need ambitious climate action at COP27,” said Samantha Burgess, Associate Director of Copernicus, referring to the United Nations climate conference currently taking place in Sharm El Sheikh. Egypt.
Signatories to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement committed to working towards a long-term goal of keeping the planet warmer by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, a level that scientists say could under the control of climate change. “.
