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Copernicus, the European climate agency, says 2023 broke records for global warmth. 

欧洲气候机构哥白尼表示，2023 年全球变暖打破了记录。 

The average temperature for the year was 1.48 degrees Celsius above the world’s pre-industrial temperature. 

年平均气温比世界工业化前气温高1.48摄氏度。 

World climate experts agree that an average increase up to 1.5 degrees or higher could lead to extreme climate disasters. They set the 1.5 degree Celsius mark at a 2015 climate conference in Paris. 

世界气候专家一致认为，平均气温升高1.5度或更高可能会导致极端气候灾难。他们在 2015 年巴黎气候会议上设定了 1.5 摄氏度的目标。 

However, January 2024 is measuring so warm that it is likely to average at or beyond the 1.5 mark for the month, says Samantha Burgess. She is Deputy Director of Copernicus. Scientists have repeatedly said an average of 1.5 degrees of warming over as much as thirty years would violate the limit. 

然而，萨曼莎·伯吉斯 (Samantha Burgess) 表示，2024 年 1 月的气温非常温暖，该月的平均气温可能会达到或超过 1.5。她是哥白尼的副主任。科学家们一再表示，三十年内平均升温 1.5 度就违反了极限。 

The 1.5 degree goal “has to be (kept) alive because lives are at risk and choices have to be made,” Burgess said. 

伯吉斯说，1.5 度的目标“必须（保持）有效，因为生命处于危险之中，必须做出选择”。 

The record heat made life difficult and sometimes deadly in Europe, North America and China, among other places. Climate scientists say heat is not the only problem related to temperature rise. They say severe weather events such as heavy rains that cause flooding, along with wildfires and extreme dry conditions are connected to the rising temperatures. 

创纪录的高温使欧洲、北美和中国等地的生活变得困难，有时甚至致命。气候科学家表示，热量并不是与气温上升相关的唯一问题。他们表示，暴雨导致洪水、野火和极端干旱等恶劣天气事件与气温上升有关。

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