Average temperatures during 2023-2025 exceeded the 1.5C limit set out in the Paris Agreement, data shows.

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The planet sweltered through the third-warmest year on record last year, European scientists have said, and no relief from the heat is expected in 2026.

The average global temperature was 1.47 degrees Celsius (2.52 degrees Fahrenheit) above the pre-industrial level in 2025, making the last 11 years the warmest ever, data released by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts showed on Wednesday.