AVERAGE GLOBAL TEMPERATURE EXCEEDED 2°C ABOVE PRE-INDUSTRIAL LEVELS
For the first time in history, the average global temperature has exceeded 2 degrees Celcium above the highest seasonal average temperature, based on the warming limit adopted in Paris. The Paris agreement, signed in 2015 after the UN Climate Change Conference – COP21 – aims to hold global average temperature increase “well below 2°C above preindustrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels”.