As the UK Records Its Warmest Year Ever, Organisations Need to Prepare for a Hotter, Costlier Future
With 2025 confirmed as the UK's warmest year on record and recent heatwaves across the country driving a 320% surge in air conditioning demand, organisations will need to be prepared to review how they keep buildings cool, comfortable and energy efficient.
The UK's climate is changing, and the implications for businesses are becoming impossible to ignore. The Met Office's State of the UK Climate 2025 report has confirmed that 2025 was the warmest year on record dating back to 1884, with the last decade running 0.51°C warmer than the 1991–2020 average. In areas such as Greater London, the number of days exceeding 30°C and nights staying above 18°C has more than quadrupled compared with the 1961–1990 baseline.
For organisations, these are no longer statistics; they are an immediate operational and financial concern. Research from the London School of Economics and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change found that a single record-breaking June...
