On Monday 22 April, International Earth Day, Copernicus, the EU’s Climate Change Service, and the United Nations’ World Meteorological Organization (WMO) published their annual report on the climate in Europe for the 2023.
This document confirms that this continent is warming the fastest, with temperatures rising around twice as fast as the global average. The three hottest years on record in Europe have all occurred since 2020.
The report notes a record number of “extreme heat...