ECMWF’s forecasts helped track 2025’s record-breaking heat, showing how Europe’s weather models are key in understanding climate change.
Europe has recorded its hottest year on record in 2025, with widespread heatwaves, wildfires, drought and melting glaciers. The WMO and EU scientists warn the trend is linked to human-caused warming and El Niño, underscoring an urgent push to accelerate decarbonisation and adaptation across the continent.