2025 Reaches for Top Three of Hottest Years

The year 2025 is still on track to become one of the three hottest years ever recorded. Currently, it is tied with 2023 for second place behind 2024, according to the EU climate change service Copernicus in its monthly report. The past month was also the third warmest November ever recorded, with an average temperature of 14.02 degrees, with particularly high temperatures in areas such as the Arctic Ocean. For Europe, it was the fifth hottest November with an average of 5.74 degrees.

2025 Under 1.5-Degree Limit?

According to the report, November temperatures were 1.54 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial era, exceeding the 1.5-degree target set in the Paris Climate Agreement. As the researchers write, the year 2025 is unlikely to exceed the 1.5-degree limit. However, the average temperatures from 2023 to 2025 will. This would be the first time for a three-year period.

In Europe, it was the fifth hottest November in recorded history. While temperatures in Eastern Europe, the Balkans, or Turkey were unusually high, it was rather cool in Scandinavia and parts of Central Europe. Only in three previous autumns were temperatures in Europe as high as this year.

Day of Action Planned

As the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement approaches next Friday, "Fridays For Future" Austria is planning a nationwide day of action and is calling for adherence to climate promises "to protect people from an unbridled climate catastrophe," as stated in a press release on Tuesday. In addition to other actions in the federal states, a sea of lights with text contributions and music is planned to take place on the Aspern Bridge in Vienna from 6:00 PM.

(APA/Red)

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