The Arctic and northern Siberia saw the largest temperature surges in 2020, and Europe had its hottest year ever as global carbon emissions continued to rise.
2020 was the warmest year in Europe since records began, according to data published by the EU climate monitoring service.
Last year topped 2019 s previous record by 0.4C (0.72F), the European Union s Copernicus Climate Change Service said.
It said that 2020 was tied with 2016 for the warmest year across the world - confirming the past ten years have experienced the hottest Image: The more fossil fuels are burnt, the warmer our weather will be
The increase in global temperatures is linked to the rise in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - particularly carbon dioxide.
Known as CO2, this gas is released by the burning of fossil fuels - particularly coal, oil and gas.