The world is set to have been hotter in 2023 than in any other year on record, scientists have declared.

“We can say with near certainty that 2023 will be the warmest year on record, and is currently 1.43C above the pre-industrial average,” said Samantha Burgess, the deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service.

 “The sense of urgency for ambitious climate action going into Cop28 has never been higher.” 

 The Copernicus scientists found last month was the hottest October on record globally, with temperatures 1.7C above what they were thought to have been during the average October in the late 1800s. 

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