欧盟哥白尼气候变化服务发布的数据显示，8月全球平均气温达到16.96°C，创下有记录以来的最高月均温1。这一数据可追溯至1940年，打破了2023年7月创造的前次月均温记录1。与此同时，海洋温度也创下历史新高，并延续了三个月的破纪录温暖态势1。
极端高温在西欧造成了严重影响。该地区在7月中旬至8月中旬期间，与高温相关的超额死亡人数超过32000例1。从更宏观的角度看，全球长期变暖幅度已平均高出工业前水平约1.4°C，接近《巴黎协定》设定的1.5°C限额1。
科学界普遍认为，当前的极端高温主要源于人为气候变化1。联合国气候首长西蒙·斯蒂尔(Simon Stiell)警告称，"这是人类化石燃料成瘾的螺旋式代价"1，并表示直到人类停止燃烧煤炭、石油和天然气，极端高温才会停止刷新纪录1。德州农工大学气候科学家安德鲁·德斯勒(Andrew Dessler)指出，"有趣的问题不是我们是否会继续创造热纪录（我们会），而是我们是否会采取行动"1。
The European Union's Copernicus Climate Change Service has released data showing that August reached unprecedented temperature heights globally.1 The global average temperature for the month stood at 16.96°C (62.53°F), marking the highest monthly average ever recorded in available data, which stretches back to 1940.1 This record surpassed the previous high set in July 2023.1 Ocean temperatures also hit historic levels during this period, extending a three-month streak of record-breaking warmth.1
The extreme heat had severe human consequences across Western Europe. Between mid-July and mid-August, the region experienced approximately 32,000 excess heat-related deaths.1 Scientists attribute the extraordinary temperatures primarily to human-caused climate change.1 Long-term warming has reached approximately 1.4°C above pre-industrial levels, approaching the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C threshold.1 UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell warned that "this is the spiralling price of humanity's fossil fuel addiction," emphasizing that extreme heat records will continue to be broken until humans stop burning coal, oil, and natural gas.1 Andrew Dessler, a climate scientist at Texas A&M University, noted that "the interesting question is not whether we will continue to set heat records—we will—but whether we will take action."1
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