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Planet trapped record heat in 2025: UN

11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025

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The warmest year on record, 2024, was around 1.55C above the 1850-1900 average, and started in a strong El Nino.

Overshooting 1.5C climate target ‘inevitable’: UN chief

Scientists emphasise importance of containing global warming as risks increase

The 2015 Paris climate accords aimed to limit global warming to well below 2C above pre-industrial (1850-1900) levels - and 1.5C if possible.

August third-hottest globally on record

The world’s oceans were also close to record high temperatures for the month

Southwest Europe wilted through a third summer heatwave, fires tore through Spain and Portugal, while many parts of Asia experienced above-average temperatures.

Heatwaves make you age faster, new research warns

Long-term exposure to extreme heat could affect health like smoking or poor diet

People cool off next to a fountain near the Eiffel Tower as a heatwave rolls over Paris.

More than 1,100 deaths linked to Spain's heatwave

For July, Carlos III institute attributed 1,060 excess deaths to intense heat

Heatwave causes wildfires across Galicia. Officials reported 1,149 excess deaths in Spain from August 3-18 that could be attributed to the scorching temperatures, the public health agency said.

Greece battles wildfire outside Patras

4,850 firefighters and 33 planes were mobilised acrossthe country

Inhabitants stand on a road as a wildfire burns a forest near the city of Patras, western Greece on August 12, 2025.

Satellite to step up monitoring of extreme weather

The liftoff was the third by Ariane 6 since its inaugural flight in July last year.

People protect themselves from the sun with an umbrella during the extreme heatwave in Seville, Spain, that exceeds forty degrees, in Seville on August 12, 2025. The satellite will monitor ocean and land temperatures, water vapour and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, the amount of desert dust and cloud cover.

Five key facts about Europe heatwaves

Scorching heat highlights growing impact of climate change on intensifying heatwaves

Visitors queue at a public water fountain at the Jardin du Carrousel in Paris amid a heatwave in Europe.

Europe’s heatwave, wildfires trigger evacuations

Record-breaking heat sparks evacuations, threatens historic sites

A pharmacy sign indicates a temperature of 45°C in Toulouse, southwestern France on August 11, 2025.

The science of tracing climate deaths in heatwaves

Science can show that climate change is making heatwaves hotter and more frequent

A woman puts water of the face of her child during an extreme heatwave at Silopi district in Sirnak on July 30, 2025.

Greece gets EU help to battle wildfires

Forecasters predict strong winds that have fanned the flames would die down soon

Firefighters battle a large wildfire burning in Karyes village, on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, Greece, Sunday, June 22, 2025.

Heatwaves trigger warmest ever June in western Europe

Globally, last month was the third warmest June on record

A tourist drinks water during a heatwave in Thessaloniki, Greece.

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