2023 Marks Hottest Year on Record with Canada Warming at Twice the Global Rate

Scientists predict 2024 to be even warmer, raising concerns about acceleration of climate change and increasing extreme weather events.

2023 was the hottest year on record since 1850, with the global average temperature 1.48 C warmer than pre-industrial levels, according to the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Canada is experiencing warming at a rate about twice the global average, and in the Canadian Arctic, the warming is about three times higher due to a phenomenon known as 'Arctic amplification'.
Scientists predict that 2024 will be even warmer, leading to more extreme weather events that impact societies globally.
The World Economic Forum's 2024 Global Risks Report ranks extreme weather events as the highest risk over the next ten years, leading to loss of human life, damage to ecosystems, destruction of property and/or financial loss.
Scientists are concerned about a potential acceleration of climate change, with some suspecting that the rate of warming over the past decade is slightly faster than the previous decade.