By Europa Press

Global temperatures during the first 11 days of June hit record highs for the year by a wide margin.

The heat has also caused temperatures to exceed pre-industrial levels by more than 1.5°C this month, scientists from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service have warned.

While the threshold has become symbolic in that it is the level set as the lower limit of the 2015 Paris Agreement, the document’s aim is to convert to a 20 or 30 year average, which is not expected to be exceeded until the early 2030s. .

Rising temperatures mean that Europe will be facing another summer of extreme temperatures, while other parts of the world grapple with the return of the El Nino weather phenomenon. That has the potential to drive large swings in commodity and energy prices as cooling needs increase while drought ravages crops and fuels the spread of forest fires.

“The world just experienced its warmest early June days on record,” said Samantha Burgess, deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service, said in a statement. “Every degree is important to avoid the more serious consequences of the climate crisis.”

While this is the first time the 1.5C threshold was breached in June, it is not the first time the global average daily temperature rise has been above the level, Copernicus said. Their model combines data from scientists in the UK, France, Germany, Italy and the US, using billions of measurements from satellites, ships, airplanes and weather stations around the world for their monthly and seasonal forecasts.