Overview
- The EU’s Copernicus service and the WMO released the European State of the Climate 2025 report on Wednesday, finding Europe has warmed about 0.56°C per decade for 30 years, more than twice the global rate.
- At least 95% of the continent had above-average temperatures in 2025, with long heatwaves reaching into sub‑Arctic Norway, Sweden and Finland where readings topped 30°C inside the Arctic Circle.
- European seas logged their hottest annual temperatures on record and 86% of regional waters met the threshold for strong marine heatwaves, while glaciers lost mass across Europe and Greenland shed about 139 billion tonnes of ice.
- The year was among the three driest for soil moisture since 1992, about 70% of rivers ran below average flows, and wildfires burned more than one million hectares in the largest annual area recorded.
- Renewables generated 46.4% of Europe’s electricity in 2025, marking a third straight year topping fossil fuels as wind, solar and hydropower set new records.