The world is on track for 2026 to be the second-hottest year on record as an exceptionally strong El Nino weather pattern turbocharges human-driven global warming, the EU\u2019s\u00a0climate monitor\u00a0said\u00a0Friday.\n<\/p>\n
This year still has a \u201c20 percent chance of tying or exceeding\u201d 2024 as the warmest ever seen, the Copernicus Climate Change Service said in a monthly bulletin.\n<\/p>\n
Global temperatures are now \u201cvirtually certain\u201d to exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels in 2026, Copernicus said.\n<\/p>\n
The four-year average from 2023 to 2026 is also expected to top 1.5C, the preferred limit set in the Paris Agreement to avert the worst impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n
The world experienced its warmest October on record, with average global surface air temperatures 1.75C above pre-industrial times, an era defined as 1850-1900, Copernicus added.<\/p>\n
It was the third straight month exceeding 1.5C.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cOctober has continued the pattern of remarkable global warmth, with record global and surface ocean temperatures,\u201d said Samantha Burgess, strategic lead for climate at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), which operates Copernicus.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn exceptionally strong El Nino is adding further heat to a climate already warmed by human activities,\u201d she said.\n<\/p>\n
The latest bulletin comes as nations prepare to meet on Monday for the UN\u2019s two-week COP31 climate summit in Turkey after a year marked by deadly floods in Nepal, searing heatwaves in Europe and major wildfires in Indonesia.\n<\/p>\n
\u2022 El Nino has yet to peak \u2013\n<\/p>\n
Global forecasters have been warning for months that this El Nino, which is expected to peak later this year, would likely become the strongest ever observed.\n<\/p>\n
The intensifying weather phenomenon set an all-time temperature record in a key Pacific zone last month, Copernicus said.\n<\/p>\n
The warming phase of a natural climate cycle, El Nino temporarily raises sea temperatures in the tropical Pacific, triggering changes in weather that can increase the risk of drought and flooding, and exacerbate man-made global warming.\n<\/p>\n
Forecasters say El Nino could help make 2027 the hottest year on record.<\/p>\n
Nations agreed at the 2015 UN climate talks in Paris to keep global warming \u201cwell below\u201d 2C above pre-industrial levels, while pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5C.\n<\/p>\n
But the United Nations declared in September that the long-term 1.5C target would be missed in a matter of years.\n<\/p>\n
Scientists say it is crucial to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels to limit the period of \u201covershoot\u201d above 1.5C and bring temperatures back down as quickly as possible.\n<\/p>\n
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