June 2024 was the 12th consecutive month with temperatures 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, according to the European Commission's Copernicus Climate Change Service (CS3). "This is more than a statistical oddity and points to a large and ongoing shift in our climate," said Carlo Buontempo, director of CS3. The global mean surface air temperature was 16.66 °C, 0.67 °C above the 1991–2020 monthly average and 0.14 °C above the previous June 2023 high, making it the warmest June on record. as ever recorded. (More on weforum.org)