Knowledge: Climate change made extreme weather much more likely | blue News
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Heatwaves, droughts and floods: Dozens of regions worldwide were hit by extreme weather in 2025. A report shows how much climate change contributed to this.
According to the report, climate change has made many of last year’s extreme weather events more likely or particularly severe. Global warming is already pushing millions of people to the limits of their ability to adapt, emphasizes the scientific initiative World Weather Attribution (WWA) in its annual report for 2025.
In 2025, the WWA scientists counted 157 extreme weather events worldwide: 49 floods, 49 heatwaves, 38 storms, 11 wildfires, 7 droughts and 3 cold snaps.
The scientists examined 22 of these events in more detail. For 17 of them, they found that climate change made them more likely or more intense.