Provisional Met Office statistics confirm that summer 2025 is officially the warmest summer on record for the UK. Analysis by Met Office climate scientists has also shown that a summer as hot or hotter than 2025 is now 70 times more likely than it would be in a ‘natural’ climate with no human caused greenhouse gas emissions.

The Met Office is warning that its annual climate stocktake shows weather records and extremes now the norm in the UK.

The EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) is reporting that last month saw the third-warmest June globally with heatwaves in Europe amid temperature extremes across both hemispheres.

Met Office scientists have published a new study detailing the increasing likelihood of extreme temperatures in the UK, revealing that the chance of exceeding 40°C in the UK is accelerating at pace.

The Met Office is reporting northwest European waters are currently experiencing an extreme marine heatwave, with sea surface temperatures (SSTs) reaching record highs for April and May since satellite monitoring began in 1982.

The Climate Change Committee is warning that the UK is not prepared for climate change and the impacts of extreme weather, including the rising incidents of severe flooding on property and critical infrastructure.

The clear signs of human-induced climate change reached new heights in 2024, with some of the consequences being irreversible over hundreds if not thousands of years, according to a new report from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which also underlined the massive economic and social upheavals from extreme weather.

New research shows that the damaging fires during the UK’s record-breaking 2022 heatwave were made at least six times more likely due to human-caused climate change.

A new research study, led and co-authored by scientists at the Joint Research Centre at the European Commission, is warning that in a 3°C warming scenario, projections show there could be a threefold increase in heat-related mortality with respect to today.

The Met Office is warning that climate change is causing a dramatic increase in the frequency of temperature extremes and number of temperature records the UK experiences.