'Climate records tumbling like dominoes': 2023 the warmest year on record

Last July and August were the hottest ever recorded months around the world, while December at an average of 13.5C globally was the hottest ever corresponding month. Picture: Alamy/PA

Global warming is now virtually at the 1.5C limit that scientists say is the tipping point to stave off the worst of climate change, with records “tumbling like dominoes” in 2023.

The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, C3S, said 2023 had smashed the previous record as the warmest year ever “by a large margin”.