Earlier this year, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Global Climate Highlights 2023 Summary confirmed 2023 as the warmest year on record, with global temperatures reaching an alarming 1.48 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels. This unprecedented rise in temperature, underscored by a series of extreme weather events, from...

The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (SGSSI ) has recently announced major plans to strengthen marine conservation in the Southern Ocean, with the announcement of significant development of 'No Take Zones'. Covering an additional 166,000 km2, these areas will protect 449,000 km2 of highly biodiverse marine habitats...

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Guatemala has called for urgent international assistance to fight raging wildfires, particularly on the Agua volcano, which has devastated hundreds of hectares of forest in a matter of days. Vice President Karin Herrera has mobilised the National Coordination for Disaster Reduction CONRED to aid, stressing the need for firefighting equipment...

The ecosystems and communities of the Pacific Islands are vulnerable to the consequences of climate change. For example, the area is increasingly affected by extreme weather events, such as cyclones, which are becoming more frequent and intense. This image, acquired on 24 December 2023 by one of the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellites, shows the...