PARIS: Austria, France, Germany, Poland and Switzerland announced their hottest Septembers on record on Friday , in a year expected to be the warmest in human history as climate change accelerates.
Poland's weather institute announced September temperatures were 3.6 degrees Celsius higher than average and the hottest for the month since records began more than 100 years ago. Scientists say climate change driven by human activity is driving global temperatures higher, with the world at around 1.2 degrees Celsius of warming above pre-industrial levels.
The disruption to the planet's climate systems is making extreme weather events like heatwaves, drought, wildfires and storms more frequent and intense, causing greater losses of life and property.