PARIS — Global warming has accelerated at an 'unprecedented' pace as the window to limit rising temperatures within internationally-set targets closes, over 50 leading scientists warned in a study published on Wednesday.Looking at decade averages, temperatures climbed 0.26 degrees Celsius from 2014 to 2023, said the study published in the journal Earth System Science Data.In that same period, average global surface temperatures reached 1.
'The main reason is cleaning up of air pollution, first in Europe and the US and more recently in Asia, particularly China,' Glen Peters of Norway's CICERO Center for International Climate Research told AFP.Tightening of global shipping regulations and the decline of coal-fired energy have also contributed to a drop in sulphur dioxide emissions, which also had a cooling effect.