The world is on its way to 2026 becoming the second hottest year in history as the climate phenomenon becomes El Niño is accelerating global warming, driven by man, the European Union climate monitor said.

This year alone has a 20 percent chance of attempting or exceeding 2024 years with the highest recorded temperatures yet said Klimma Change Service Copernicus.

Global temperatures this year will most certainly exceed the 1.5 degree Celsius threshold of pre-industrial levels, the service said.

The average temperature between 2023 and 2026 is also expected to exceed the threshold of 1.5 ° C.C.

Copernicus said that the world has experienced the hottest October in history, as the average global air temperature reached 1.75 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial levels period involving 1850-1900.

October was the third month in a row when temperatures above the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius were registered.

In October the trend for global warming continued, with record-registered temperatures in the world and in the oceans, Samantha Burgess, leader of the climate at the European Centre for Weather Forecasts, the centre that operates with Copernicus.

The extremely powerful El Niño phenomeni is increasing heat in global warming only caused by human activitiesShe added.

This announcement by European monitor comes as countries prepare to meet early next week in Turkey for a two-week summit UNCOP31 for climate change.

This year, the world has faced floods, heat waves and massive fires.

Global weather forecasters have been warning for months that this El Niño, expected to peak later this year, could be the most powerful phenomenon ever recorded.

Intensification of the phenomenon caused temperatures to reach a record level in the Pacific area last month, Copernicus said.

El Niño increases sea temperatures, affects changes in weather, and increases the risk of drought and floods by exacerbating the state of global warming.

Experts said this phenomenon could contribute to 2027 being the hottest year in history.

In 2015, during UN climate talks held in Paris, the states agreed to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial levels, while pledging they would try to keep the threshold at 1.5 degrees Celsius.

But in September The UN said this target would be exceeded within years.

Scientists say it is important to reduce emissions from fossil fuels so that temperatures can be kept below the threshold of 1.5 degrees Celsius. / REL

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