Anna Cabré
Climate physicist, oceanographer and research consultant at the University of Pennsylvania
The Climate Central study confirms again (as in other studies) that we are experiencing the hottest year in recent history. It also conducts an attribution study to determine what contribution climate change and El Niño have made to warming and puts into perspective what this means for our health, economy, etc. In addition, it gives innovative tools and metrics to better understand how warming affects different regions, which is useful for high-level decision making.
From my perspective, there is still no consensus on whether or not warming is definitely accelerating. In any case, such high temperatures should be understood as an urgency, as a warning that decarbonisation needs to go even faster and that adaptation funding, especially in vulnerable countries, needs to grow exponentially.