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2025 Set to be Hottest Year, Climate Goals Stalled

12/9/2025

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  • Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reports that 2025 is on track to be the second-hottest year on record, tied with 2023, at about 1.48°C above pre-industrial levels.
  • The three-year average for 2023–2025 is projected to exceed the 1.5°C Paris Agreement threshold for the first time.
  • Despite commitments at COP28, progress has stalled after COP30, which avoided a clear fossil-fuel phase-out due to pushback from producing nations.