CAC’s Alt on 2025 Being Named One of Three Hottest Years on Record
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 14, 2025
CONTACT: Katie Valentine, kvalentine@cacampaign.org
CAC’s Alt on 2025 Being Named The Third Hottest Year on Record
WASHINGTON – This week, scientists from Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service announced that 2025 was the earth’s third hottest year on record, behind 2024 and 2023. The announcement confirms data released by the World Weather Attribution in December and also notes that the last 11 years were the 11 hottest on record. It comes on the heels of data released by Climate Central, which showed that 2025 was also the third-highest year for billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in the U.S. Margie Alt, director of the Climate Action Campaign, released the following statement in response:
“2025 being the third hottest year on record isn’t just about the temperature. It’s about the destructive, expensive, deadly extreme weather it produces. Extreme weather has devastated Americans’ lives across the country and is the clearest example of the destructive impacts of climate change.
From record-breaking wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles almost precisely one year ago to the horrifying and deadly river flooding in Texas – to, yes, extreme heat in cities from coast to coast – 2025 was full of stark reminders of the urgent need to cut climate pollution, invest in clean energy, and tackle the climate crisis now. The extreme weather we’ve seen in the first few weeks of 2026 – including dangerous levels of rainfall in Alaska and rare January tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas – makes clear that this year will be no different.
"These reports of year after year of near-record heat are a wake-up call. Unfortunately, Trump and Republicans controlling Congress are ignoring the science and Americans’ plight in the face of the climate crisis. In fact, they have spent the past year making climate denial official U.S. policy and undermining clean energy progress that could stave off the worst of the climate crisis. Their reckless Polluters First Agenda rolled back critical climate protections and attacked and undermined the very agencies responsible for helping Americans prepare for and recover from these climate-driven disasters.
"Across the country, people are standing up and demanding their leaders do better to protect our families from climate change and extreme weather. It’s time those in power started listening and responding.”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 30, 2025
CONTACT: Katie Valentine, kvalentine@cacampaign.org
CAC’s Alt on 2025 Being Named One of Three Hottest Years on Record
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, scientists from World Weather Attribution released an analysis showing climate change made 2025 one of the earth’s three hottest years on record. The analysis came soon after a NOAA report outlined record heat and record-low sea ice in the Arctic – another stark illustration of the climate crisis. Margie Alt, director of the Climate Action Campaign, released the following statement in response:
“This year being among the three hottest years on record isn’t just about heat – it’s about the destructive, expensive, deadly extreme weather it produces, which has devastated Americans’ lives across the country. From record-breaking wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles to the horrifying and deadly river flooding in Texas – to, yes, extreme heat in cities from coast to coast – 2025 was full of stark reminders of the urgent need to cut climate pollution, invest in clean energy, and tackle the climate crisis now.
"Today’s report is a wake-up call. Unfortunately, Trump and Republicans controlling Congress spent the past year making climate denial official U.S. policy and undermining progress to stave off the worst of the climate crisis. Their reckless polluters first agenda rolled back critical climate protections and attacked and undermined the very agencies responsible for helping Americans prepare for and recover from increasingly dangerous disasters.
"Across the country, people are standing up and demanding their leaders do better to protect our families from climate change and extreme weather. It’s time those in power started listening.”
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