The year 2025 was the third‑warmest on record, underscoring concerns that the planet may be heating faster than previously expected.
The EU‑funded Copernicus Climate Change Service said the global average temperature reached 14.97 degrees Celsius in 2025 — 0.13 degrees cooler than 2024, the warmest year on record, and just 0.01 degrees cooler than 2023.
For the first time, global temperatures over a three‑year period — 2023 through 2025 — averaged more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre‑industrial levels, a key threshold under the Paris Agreement.
The accord aims to keep global warming well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre‑industrial levels, with a goal of limiting the rise to 1.5 degrees by the end of the century.
