Temperatures soared during a heatwave in Paris in 2019 Edward Berthelot/Getty
A new world record for hottest year may be set before 2025, according to the UK Met Office, which says there is an outside chance temperatures will temporarily overshoot the toughest target of the Paris climate deal.
The , with the title of warmest year held by 2016, when climate change and the El Niño phenomenon drove temperatures 1.16°C above pre-industrial levels. In a using 20 computer models, the Met Office says today there is a more…
Article amended on 7 February 2020
We corrected the attribution of the quotes; and we corrected the period that was Europe’s warmest.
