dpa
Berlin
Global temperatures have averaged 1.64 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels over the past year, with scientists warning it marks a "large and continuing shift in our climate”.
The latest figures from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service found June was the 13th month in a row that was record-breaking for the time of year.
The month was 1.5C above the estimated June average for 1850-1900, the baseline used to measure temperature rises caused by human activity as the world has industrialised and used fossil fuels, and cleared forests, at increasing levels.
It is the 12th consecutive month to reach or break the key 1.5C threshold.
Countries have committed to curb global warming to 1.5C to avoid the worst impacts of floods, drought, heat, extreme weather and rising sea levels.
Although the past 12 months reaching that level does not mean the threshold has been permanently breached, as it is measured over a long timeframe, scientists warn records will continue to fall if humans do not halt greenhouse gases going into the atmosphere.