By Kate Abnett and Matthew Green BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest year on record, rounding off the hottest .
Only 2016 matched the heat in 2020, but that year saw a natural El Niño climate event which boosts temperatures. Without that it is likely 2020 would have been the outright hottest year. Scientists have warned that without urgent action the future for many millions of people “looks black”.
The temperature data released by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) showed that the past six years have been the hottest six on record. They also showed that Europe saw its hottest year on record, 1.6C above the long-term average, with a searing heatwave hitting western Europe in late July and early August.
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By Kate Abnett and Matthew Green BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - Last year tied with 2016 as the world's warmest year on record, rounding off the hottest .
Climate change: 2020 ties 2016 as hottest year on record
A warm winter and autumn have made the previous year the hottest ever recorded, the EU s climate change service has found. The Arctic continues to warm more quickly than the planet as a whole.
The last decade was the hottest on record globally
Last year was the hottest year on record, tying with 2016, the European Union s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday.
Average global temperatures in 2020 stood at 1.25 degrees C (2.7 degrees F) higher than pre-industrial levels, according to the service.
The years from 2014 to 2020 were the hottest on record with both 2020 and 2016 hitting the record for the single hottest year.