Meteorologists predict that Europe could hit its highest-ever temperature in the coming days with parts of Italy predicted to reach more than 48C. China has already breached its record with a searing 52.2C in the remote town of Sanboa on Sunday.
“On global average, June 2023 was easily the warmest June in the historical record,” the statement reads.
These climate extremes also mean stronger storms, more intense droughts and heatwaves.
And scientists say this weather will only continue to become more frequent and more extreme as long as humans keep releasing greenhouse gases.
“If we’d stop burning fossil fuels today, what we are experiencing now would become the new normal,” says Dr Otto.
“But as long as we burn fossil fuels, the climate will continue to become hotter, and we will see extremes far hotter than this year.”