According to the annual ‘Global Climate Highlights 2025’ report by the European Commission’s climate change observatory, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), published on Wednesday 14 January, 2025 will be the third warmest year on record worldwide.
The global average temperature reached 14.97°C, or +1.47°C compared with the pre-industrial level (1850-1900), just 0.01°C behind 2023, while 2024 remains the warmest year on record.
In Europe, 2025 is also the third warmest year on record, with an average anomaly of +1.17°C compared with the period 1991-2020.
Air temperatures over land were the second highest on record.
According to Copernicus, the continued build-up of greenhouse gases, linked to rising emissions and the weakening of natural carbon sinks, combined with exceptionally high sea surface temperatures, have contributed to the increase in extreme events.
The observatory also warns that, if this trend continues, the +1.5°C threshold set by the Paris Agreement could be reached by the end of the decade, more than 10 years earlier than initially forecast.
The report: https://aeur.eu/f/k8q (Original version in French by Nithya Paquiry)