KUWAIT CITY, Oct 5:  The European Copernicus Observatory issued a statement today that last September broke records as the hottest ever month recorded globally, surpassing the 2020 record by a significant margin of half a degree Celsius.

According to the observatory, the average surface temperature of the planet in the past month was 16.38 degrees Celsius, marking an "unprecedented anomaly" as it is 1.75 degrees Celsius higher than the September average between 1850 and 1900 before the impact of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from human activity on climate change.

Furthermore, the observatory's monthly report revealed that the global average temperature since the beginning of this year has increased by 1.4 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. The average temperature from January to September is the highest recorded during the first nine months of the year, being 1.40 degrees Celsius higher than the rate in the period from the 1850s to the early twentieth century.

Considering that the Paris Climate Agreement aims to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels, the figures published by Copernicus indicate that the world is on the verge of breaching this critical limit.

Copernicus noted in its report that last September was an "extreme month," bringing 2023 closer to becoming the hottest year on record.