Europe named ‘fastest-warming continent’ in latest climate change report
The report says Europe is warming at 0.56C per decade, more than twice the global rate, as heatwaves, drought and wildfires intensify.
- The European State of the Climate Report for 2025, published today by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts and the World Meteorological Organisation, confirms Europe is the fastest-warming continent on Earth.
- At least 95% of Europe experienced above-average temperatures last year, driven by shifting atmospheric circulation, reduced snow cover, and geography. Europe warms faster than the global average, with the Arctic heating even more rapidly.
- Environmental impacts were severe: wildfires burned over one million hectares, 86% of European seas experienced at least "strong" marine heatwave conditions, and the Greenland Ice Sheet lost 139 billion tonnes of ice. River levels ran low for 11 months, with 70% of rivers recording below-average annual flows.
- Storms and floods claimed at least 21 lives and affected more than 14,500 people. Renewables supplied 46.4% of Europe's electricity in 2025, while fossil fuels accounted for 27.5%, showing structural energy transition progress.
- Strategic Lead for Climate at ECMWF Samantha Burgess said, "The pace of climate change demands more urgent action." Principal Adviser for Digital Green Transition at DG Clima Duaan Chrenek stressed the report is a reminder to accelerate both adaptation and mitigation efforts.
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Europe is the fastest-warming continent, 95 percent warmer than the global average. Snow and ice are also disappearing at an alarming rate.
Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent
“We’ve seen record heatwaves from the Mediterranean to the Arctic, while glaciers have been shrinking and snow cover melting. The evidence is unequivocal: climate change is not a future threat. It is our present reality,” the EC said
The health of the planet continues to worsen and even worse that of the European continent.The climate is one of the symptoms and the panorama is distressing: the heat waves extend from the Arctic to the Mediterranean, the temperature of the surface of the sea is the highest ever recorded, the forest fires burned the largest recorded area and a large majority of the rivers have an annual flow below the average.The report presents a bleak panoram…
The report on the state of climate in Europe in 2025 shows the concrete effects of climate change on the old continent.
Europe is the fastest-warming continent. This is shown in the latest climate status report from the World Meteorological Organization and the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service. By M.-C. Werner.
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