COP26: Global temperature rise

Extreme weather events linked to climate change – such as heatwaves, floods and forest fires – now occur with alarming regularity. The past decade was the warmest since records began


LAND AND OCEAN TEMPERATURES, 1850-2020 
Temperature anomalies relative to average (°C)

2.0 				Land average
1.5 
1.0 	
0.5				Ocean average
0
-0.5
-1.0
	1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Note: Does not account for sea ice anomalies 


Sources: COP26, Berkeley Earth, BBC 
Pictures: AP, Christoffer Engström (Unsplash) 
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