'A milestone none of us wished to reach': 1.5C threshold set to be breached, as 2025 confirmed as third hottest year on record

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Copernicus Climate Change Service confirms rising temperatures driven by human activity put world on course to exceed 1.5C threshold set under Paris Agreement

Last year was the third hottest year on record, according to the latest update from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), which today confirmed average global temperatures for the past three years...

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