Call for climate action as Europe sees third-warmest January on record

Climate activist Greta Thunberg of Sweden, Vanessa Nakate of Uganda, Helena Gualinga of Ecuador and Luisa Neubauer of Germany, demonstrate among others at a climate protest outside the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday, January 20, 2023. Picture: Markus Schreiber/AP

Europe experienced its third warmest January on record — a harbinger of things to come in terms of extreme weather, the EU's climate agency has said.

Copernicus Climate Change Service, known as C3S, added that the Antarctic's sea ice extent — which describes the total area covered by some amount of ice — was the lowest ever recorded in January.