Climate change does not affect all regions of the globe equally

Some regions are warming faster than others, and countries in the Eastern Mediterranean region have experienced some of the fastest warming. We observe this through temperature anomalies. Anomalies compare current temperatures with historical averages and show us shifts over time. In the graph, each column represents a temperature anomaly for a given year.

In 2023, the average global temperature anomaly was 0.6°C higher than the 1991–2020 average. However, these anomalies vary by region. In countries such as Syria and Turkey, the average annual surface air temperature in 2023 was about 1.2°C above the 1991–2020 average, compared to about 0.3°C in Australia. (More on ourworldindata.org)