europe's copernicus climate change service also said today that this will be the first year the planetone-point-five degrees celsius hotter than it was before the industrial revolution. that's about two-point-seven degrees fahrenheit. the head of the agency says climate change is to blame. today's report comes ahead of next week's united nations cop-29 climate summit in azerbaijian, where countries will try to increase funding to address climate change. dozens of european leaders gathered in hungary today, where they pushed for a regional defense strategy that is less dependent on u.s. support. leaders at the european political community summit stressed the need to re-think their trans-atlantic relationships following donald trump's election victory on tuesday. during the campaign, trump threatened a withdrawal from nato commitments and a shift in support for ukraine's war against russia. meantime, russian president vladmir putin today addressed mr. trump's election victory. >> i would like to take this opportunity to congratulate him on his election as president of the united states.

that's according to the copernicus climate change service — a european union agency that monitors globalmperature threshold world leaders agreed should not be crossed in the 2015 paris agreement. climate experts say that any temperature beyond the threshold indicates irreversible damage. the report comes just days before cop29 — the united nations annual climate talks — on monday. countries will come together in an effort to address climate change in azerbaijan. this all comes as weather patterns across the globe are becoming more extreme — according to scientists. these are pictures from southern california today — where wildfires are raging, prompting the evacuation of thousands of people. the national weather services has issued a red flag warning for twenty—seven million people in southern california and the greater san francisco bay area. and in spain, communities are still recovering from devastating flash floods that killed more than 200 people last week. parts of valencia, the hardest hit city, had a year's worth of rain in just eight hours. now pictures from —— and finally — som

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