Europe experienced its hottest year yet in 2025, marked by unprecedented heatwaves and rapid glacier melt. A new climate report warns the continent is warming at twice the global average rate.

Europe recorded its hottest year yet in 2025, with unprecedented heatwaves stretching from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, rapid glacier melt, record sea temperatures and expanding wildfires, according to a major climate report warning the continent is warming twice as fast as the global average.