📰 Globe & Mail: We are on the verge of passing the 1.5° threshold in the next 7 weeks
The heatwaves and balmy oceans set the stage and now it is official: 2023 is the warmest year on record, with the global temperature increase on track to exceed a 1.5 degree Celsius threshold meant to limit the most severe impacts of climate change.
Unprecedented global temperatures from this past June onward resulted in 2023 overtaking the previous warmest year, 2016, by a large margin, Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a Jan. 9 press release. And it’s likely that a 12-month period ending in January or February 2024 will exceed 1.5 C above the pre-industrial level, the group said, reflecting record-setting temperatures on land and seas around the world.
*Thank you Justin Trudeau for your contribution to this historic, catastrophic milestone. And a shout out to the millions of people who can’t be bothered to undertake the slightest inconvenience to reduce their own carbon emissions. If they don’t like those minor changes, they’ll love full-on climate change!*