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Near-real time global biomass burning emissions data is now more accessible than ever before as the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), which is implemented by ECMWF, launches ‘Fire Emissions Watch’ – a powerful and intuitive new online application that makes global fire emissions data easier to explore, understand and share.
Read the full press release →Global emissions from biomass burning during the first half of 2026 (1 January-30 June) were the lowest for the period in the 24-year record of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service’s fire emissions dataset.
Read the full press release →Most of the air quality indicators across Europe continue to improve as emissions of regulated air pollutants decline, providing a clear indication of the success of long-standing air quality management policies, technological improvements and cleaner, more efficient industrial and transport systems.
Read the full press release →In a world of increasing weather and climate extremes, it is more important than ever for organisations to work together globally, to help make societies safer, better prepared, and more resilient.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has been tracking wildfires burning in several countries around the Southern Hemisphere since the beginning of 2026. Fires raged in Australia’s southeastern state of Victoria at the end of January following days of record high temperatures, resulting in higher than average emissions for the tim...
Read the full press release →The regular monitoring of wildfire emissions carried out by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS)* throughout 2025 has observed significant activity in several regions of the world.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) today confirms that the 2025 Antarctic ozone hole has come to an end on 30 November, marking the earliest closure since 2019. The 2025 ozone hole was also the smallest in five years, marking the second consecutive year of relatively small holes compared to the series of large and long-lasting o...
Read the full press release →As the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) gets ready to host the 5th EU Clean Air Forum in Bonn (1-2 December 2025) scientists are assessing how far we have come in efforts to reduce exposure to air pollution which remains one of the main environmental factors causing harm to human health.
Read the full press release →Ten years since the momentous Paris Agreement was signed at COP21, the world stands at a pivotal crossroads – and global climate and atmospheric data tell the story.
Read the full press release →The summer months (June-July-August) of 2025 were marked by intense wildfire activity over Europe. Especially, the Iberian Peninsula experienced extreme wildfires during August.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) marks the United Nations International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the 1987 signing of the Montreal Protocol – an international agreement that regulates the production and consumption of ozone-depleting substances (ODS).
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has been closely monitoring the exceptional surge in wildfire emissions across Spain and Portugal during the first half of August.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has been monitoring wildfire emissions and resulting smoke transport across the Atlantic for the past two months. Significant wildfire activity has been observed in both North America and Europe during this period.
Read the full press release →With the launch of the Sentinel-4 satellite, the capabilities of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) for air quality monitoring will increase significantly. This will be the first European instrument dedicated to air quality monitoring to be launched on a geostationary satellite, complementing current low Earth orbiting satellite...
Read the full press release →With the launch of the Sentinel-4 satellite, the capabilities of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) for air quality monitoring will increase significantly. This will be the first European instrument dedicated to air quality monitoring to be launched on a geostationary satellite, complementing current low Earth orbiting satellite...
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission and funded by the EU, has announced a major upgrade to its Methane Hotspot Explorer app. The application is now able to not only identify significant methane emissions, but also to displa...
Read the full press release →With the onset of summer and the associated increase in temperature, ground-level ozone (or tropospheric ozone) has been increasing significantly in Europe in June 2025. The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has been forecasting the evolution of these concentrations thanks to the regional modelling chain set-up by the service, as ...
Read the full press release →As boreal summer approaches and the regular wildfire season in Canada has started, the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has been monitoring the wildfire emissions and resulting smoke transport. Smoke originating from the wildfires in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan has been transported across the Atlantic, reac...
Read the full press release →The monitoring of wildfire emissions by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) in the first few months of 2025 has shown below average activity globally, compared to 2003-2024, with some notable regional fires. Seasonal fires in Southeast Asian countries (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam) were less active than observed...
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, has launched its Methane Hotspot Explorer app.
Read the full press release →According to the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), South Asia, particularly Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan, has been experiencing persistently poor air quality across the Himalayan foothills, affecting major urban centers such as New Delhi, Kathmandu and Islamabad throughout January 2025.
Read the full press release →The regular monitoring of wildfire emissions carried out by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) throughout 2024 has highlighted significant activity in several regions around the world.
Read the full press release →The regular monitoring of wildfire emissions carried out by the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) throughout 2024 has highlighted significant activity in several regions around the world.
Read the full press release →In the context of COP29 and Earth Information Day 2024, C3S and CAMS make a call for more decision makers, scientists and citizens to benefit from the Copernicus data in this unprecedented context and, underscore the pressing need for immediate and robust climate action.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) has been closely monitoring the fire emissions in South America over the last few months. According to CAMS data, the emissions have been consistently above average, even breaking national and regional records.
Read the full press release →Several wildfires have been affecting northern Portugal since September 14, resulting in the highest September total estimated emissions – including carbon and harmful pollutants as PM10 and PM2.5 – in the 22 years of the CAMS Global Fire Assimilation System (GFAS) dataset.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) routinely monitors the atmospheric variables that impact the annual formation of the ozone hole over the South Pole and has observed that its development began later than average in 2024.;
Read the full press release →On 22 August, a volcanic eruption took place on the Reykjanes Peninsula in Iceland. Since the start of the year, this has been the sixth volcanic eruption in this region. The CAMS has been tracking the plume of sulphur dioxide (SO2) emitted by the volcano as it moves towards Europe.
Read the full press release →Latest updates from the Copernicus Climate Change Service
June 2026 was the hottest June recorded for western Europe and the second warmest globally. It saw near-record temperatures driven by the highest sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on record for the month, as reported by Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and the Copernicus Marine Service (CMEMS) both confirmed that the global sea surface temperatures (SST) have now exceeded the record levels for the time of the year observed in 2023 and 2024.
Read the full press release →11 June 2026, Bonn – Strong and consistent evidence shows that the entire climate system is continuing to heat, driving rapid global warming.
Read the full press release →May 2026 was the second warmest on record globally across land and sea, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium–Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
Read the full press release →With El Niño conditions expected to develop in the coming months, April 2026 saw the second highest sea surface temperatures on record for the extra–polar oceans, with record high temperatures across large parts of the tropical Pacific associated with strong marine heatwaves.
Read the full press release →Rapid warming in Europe is reducing snow and ice cover, while dangerously high air temperatures, drought, heatwaves and record ocean temperatures are affecting regions from the Arctic to the Mediterranean. Europe, along with many other regions of the globe, is exposed to increasing impacts – from record heatwaves on land and at sea, to devastati...
Read the full press release →March 2026 was globally the fourth-warmest on record, at 1.48°C above pre-industrial levels, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
Read the full press release →In a world of increasing weather and climate extremes, it is more important than ever for organisations to work together globally, to help make societies safer, better prepared, and more resilient.
Read the full press release →February 2026 was the fifth warmest on record, at 1.49°C above pre-industrial levels, with extreme rainfall and widespread flooding in western Europe and the third-lowest sea ice extent in the Arctic for this month.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →Copernicus data show that 2025 was the third warmest year on record, only marginally (0.01°C) cooler than 2023, and 0.13°C cooler than 2024 – the warmest year on record. The past 11 years have been the 11 warmest on record. Global temperatures from the past three years (2023-2025) averaged more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level (1850–190...
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →Ten years since the momentous Paris Agreement was signed at COP21, the world stands at a pivotal crossroads – and global climate and atmospheric data tell the story.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →As climate change is exacerbating heat stress around the world, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and ECMWF* have created Thermal Trace, a fast and intuitive application enabling the general audience, journalists, policymakers, scientists and more to explore maps, charts and decades of data to monitor heat and cold stress globally and ...
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →Weather and climate experts at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) working on the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and medium-range (3-15 days) weather predictions for Europe, are closely monitoring the heatwave hitting a wide area of the Continent with values largely above average for the time of the year.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables. Add...
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables. Mos...
Read the full press release →Europe is the fastest-warming continent, and the impacts of climate change here are clear. 2024 was the warmest year on record for Europe, with record temperatures in central, eastern and southeastern regions. Storms were often severe and flooding widespread, claiming at least 335 lives and affecting an estimated 413,000 people.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S)—operated by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)—have released the ‘2023 Year in Review: Climate-Driven Global Renewable Energy Potential and Energy Demand’ report.
Read the full press release →The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the European Commission with funding from the EU, routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →2024 is confirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to be the warmest year on record globally, and the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial level.
Read the full press release →C3S routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →In the context of COP29 and Earth Information Day 2024, C3S and CAMS make a call for more decision makers, scientists and citizens to benefit from the Copernicus data in this unprecedented context and, underscore the pressing need for immediate and robust climate action.
Read the full press release →C3S routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →C3S routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
Read the full press release →C3S presents a preliminary analysis of the conditions observed during summer 2024 in Europe, as described by key climate variables and derived indices.
Read the full press release →C3S routinely publishes monthly climate bulletins reporting on the changes observed in global surface air and sea temperatures, sea ice cover and hydrological variables.
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