Global warming is hitting Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia particularly hard compared to the global average. The average annual temperature in central Germany has risen by 1.1 degrees over the past 30 years - globally it was 1.05 degrees, according to the Central Germany Climate Report. In the document, the three federal states and the German Weather Service jointly present the effects of climate change for Central Germany for the first time.
Depending on how consistently the climate is protected, people must expect a further rise in temperature in the future, as calculations show according to the report. Specifically, the scenarios range from average temperatures of 9.8 to 12.4 degrees Celsius at the end of the century (2071 to 2100) in the region. According to the report, the current value is 9.2 degrees Celsius.
