(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 10 - The summer of 2022 was the hottest ever recorded in Europe.
2022 was the 2nd warmest year on record in Europe and the 5th in the world.
This was revealed by the Global Climate Highlights 2022 report by Copernicus, the Earth observation program of the European Union.
The average temperature in the world in 2022 was 1.2 degrees higher than in the pre-industrial period (1850-1900).
2022 is the 8th consecutive year of temperatures over 1 degree higher than pre-industrial levels.
The Paris Agreement on climate expects to keep the temperature below 2 degrees from the 1850-1900 average, and the Glasgow Cop26 lowered this threshold to 1.5 degrees.
The average concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 2022 was 417 ppm (parts per million), 2.1 ppm higher than the previous year.
The average concentration of methane has reached 1894 ppb (parts per billion), 12 ppb higher than in 2021. For both gases these are the highest concentrations recorded by satellites, and the highest levels for more than 2 million years for carbon dioxide , and for over 800,000 years for methane.
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