Global temperatures have risen to record-breaking levels

Increase in annual global-average temperature above 1850-1900 average, in degrees Celsius

1.4C

The past eight years have been the world’s warmest on record

1.2

1

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0

1940

1960

1980

2000

2020

1.4C

The past eight years have been the world’s warmest on record

1.2

1

0.8

0.6

0.4

0.2

0

1940

1950

1960

1970

1980

1990

2000

2010

2020