2021 rated the fifth hottest year on record as emissions soar

According to data from the European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2021 was the fifth-hottest year on record, with temperatures over 1.2 degrees Celsius higher than the preindustrial norm. The findings showed that the last seven years have been the warmest on record, attributable to rising greenhouse gas concentrations, which reached new highs last year.