India, April 30 -- Europe is the fastest warming continent with regions from the Arctic to the Mediterranean suffering from heat waves, wildfires, shrinking glaciers, declining snow cover and record hot seas in 2025, according to the latest European State of the Climate (ESOTC) report published by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on April 29, 2026.

The report found that in 2025 at least 95 per cent of Europe experienced higher than normal annual temperatures and 90 per cent of the continent suffered from "fewer days than average with at least 'strong' cold stress. Minimum temperatures remained above average for most of the year." Europe has warmed by 0.56degC per d...