The year 2025 remains on track to be one of the three hottest years on record. It shares the podium with 2023 and 2024.
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It is currently in second place in 2023 behind 2024, the EU climate change service Copernicus said in its monthly report. At 14.02 degrees, the past month was also the third warmest November ever measured, with particularly high temperatures in the Arctic Ocean, for example.
It is constantly getting hotter on earth: The picture shows air pollution and drought around the Indian city of Mumbai.Image: keystone
The temperatures in November were 1.54 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial era and thus above the 1.5 degrees targeted in the Paris Climate Protection Agreement. As the researchers write, the year 2025 is unlikely to break the 1.5 degree barrier. But the average temperatures for the years 2023 to 2025 are. That would be the first time for a three-year period.
“These are not just abstract milestones,” said Samantha Burgess, strategic director for climate, according to the statement. “They reflect the increasing pace of climate change, and the only way to mitigate future temperature rises is to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”
For Europe, it was the fifth hottest November with an average of 5.74 degrees. While the temperatures in Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Turkey were unusually high, it was rather cool in Scandinavia and southern Germany. Only in three previous autumns have temperatures in Europe been as high as this year. (sda/dpa)