2025 Recorded as Third-Warmest Year with Global Temperatures Above 1.5°C for Three Years

In 2025, Earth experienced its third-warmest year on record, with average global temperatures exceeding 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for the first sustained three-year period, according to EU scientists and the UK Met Office. The World Meteorological Organization is expected to confirm these findings. Despite a cooling La Niña phase, greenhouse gas emissions have driven temperatures higher, surpassing targets set by the 2015 Paris Agreement. Experts emphasize managing the impacts of this warming, which is linked to increased extreme weather events worldwide.