先月は観測史上最高気温の１１月に　欧州では最も暑い秋を記録

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】先月は世界的に観測史上最も暑い11月となり、欧州では史上最も暑い秋を記録した。欧州連合（EU）のコペルニクス気候変動サービス（C3S）が7日、発表した。（写真は資料写真）
　Ｃ３Ｓによると、今年１１月の平均気温は１９８１～２０１０年の３０年間の平均気温より０．８度高く、昨年記録したこれまでの最高気温より０．１度以上高かった。
　欧州では、亜寒帯気候に属する地域の秋（９～１１月）の平均気温が１９８１～２０１０年比で１．９度高く、また９～１１月の平均気温で過去最高を記録した２００６年よりも０．４度高かった。
　Ｃ３Ｓの責任者カルロ・ブオンテンポ氏は、「これらの記録は、全世界の気候の長期的な温暖化と一致している」と指摘。「気候リスクの軽減を優先する政策立案者全員がこうした記録を警報とみなすべきであり、２０１５年のパリ協定で提示された国際的枠組みを順守する最善策をこれまで以上に真摯（しんし）に考えるべきだ」と述べた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/12/08-10:52）

Last month was the hottest November on record as Europe basked in its highest Autumn temperatures in history, the European Union's satellite monitoring service said Monday.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) analysis of surface and air temperatures found that November 2020 was 0.8C warmer than the 30-year average of 1981-2010 -- more than 0.1C hotter than the previous record.
For boreal autumn (September-November) temperatures in Europe were 1.9C above the standard reference period, 0.4C higher than the average temperature in 2006, which was the previous warmest.
These records are consistent with the long-term warming trend of the global climate, said C3S director Carlo Buontempo.
All policy-makers who prioritise mitigating climate risks should see these records as alarm bells and consider more seriously than ever how to best comply with the international commitments set out in the 2015 Paris Agreement.
The landmark deal, which turns five this month, enjoins nations to limit temperature rises to well-below 2C (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.
Last week the World Meteorological Organization said 2020 was on course to be among the three hottest years ever recorded.
C3S said that with just one month left to go, 2020 is on par to match 2016, the current record holder.
With just over 1C of warming so far, Earth is already dealing with the devastation caused by more frequent and stronger extreme weather events such as wildfires and tropical storms.
Satellite images analysed by C3S also showed that Arctic sea ice extent was the second lowest for November in the database, which began in 1979.
The largest negative sea ice concentration anomalies were in the Kara Sea, while there was below average cover in the eastern Canadian archipelago and Baffin Bay.
This trend is concerning and highlights the importance of comprehensive monitoring of the Arctic, as it is warming faster than the rest of the world, said Buontempo.
Temperatures were substantially higher than normal across the Arctic and much of Siberia last month, and higher than average across the United States, South America, southern Africa, eastern Antarctica and most of Australia, C3S said.
The five hottest years in history have all come since 2015.