Climate change: 2020 was the warmest year on record in Europe, study finds.
The continent's annual temperature was warmer than the next five warmest years, which were all also in the last decade.
2020 was the warmest year on record in Europe, a major climate study has found.
Greenhouse gases are at their highest levels in 18 years, the European State of the Climate report said.
Concentrations of CO2 and CH4 rose by 0.6% and nearly 0.8% respectively, putting them at their highest annual levels since at least 2003 when satellite observations started.
Not only was 2020 one of the three warmest years on record across the world, but the last six years were the warmest six on record.
Europe's annual temperature in 2020 was the highest on record - at least 0.4C (0.72F) warmer than the next five warmest years, which were all in the last decade.
Last year saw the largest number of sunshine hours in Europe since satellite records began in 1983.
Winter, which was 3.4C (5.76F) above average, was the warmest on record and the same was true of autumn.
22 April 2021
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