2025 set for second-hottest year on record | This year is expected to match 2023 as one of the warmest on record, second only to 2024, EU scientists warn. They cite greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels as the main cause of global warming.

> If confirmed, this would mark the first time global average temperatures have exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius for three consecutive years since humans began burning fossil fuels on an industrial scale during the 1850–1900 pre-industrial period, C3S said.

The formal announcement is posted [here](https://bsky.app/profile/copernicusecmwf.bsky.social/post/3m7k4wwdaq225) as well as on 𝕏itter.