1 4 A pharmacy thermometer shows a temperature of 43.9 degrees Celsius during the heatwave in Catania, Italy, July 21, 2025. (Reuters)ADVERTISEMENTLast year was among the planet's three warmest on record, the World Meteorological Organization said on Wednesday, as EU scientists also confirmed average temperatures have now exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming for the longest since records began. 2 4 Beachgoers enjoy the seaside during warm weather as temperatures rise across the UK, in Brighton, Britain, June 30, 2025. ECMWF said 2025 also rounded out the first three-year period in which the average global temperature was 1.5 C above the pre-industrial era - the limit beyond which scientists expect global warming will unleash severe impacts, some of them irreversible. Choice of how to manage temperature overshootGovernments pledged under the 2015 Paris Agreement to try to avoid exceeding 1.5 C of global warming, measured as a decades-long average temperature compared with pre-industrial temperatures.

Source: The Telegraph January 14, 2026 15:41 UTC