New Delhi, April 29 -- A new report by the UN's World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service has said that almost all of Europe experienced above-average heat in 2025, a year that broke records for wildfires, sea temperatures, and heatwaves as climate change worsens. According to the European State of the Climate report, at least 95% of Europe experienced above-average temperatures, while wildfires burnt more than 1 million hectares of land.

The report, which noted that Europe continues as the fastest-warming continent, said the region is warming twice as fast as the global average.

Scientists also pointed out that rapid warming across the continent last year caused a significant reduction of sn...