Climate Change
Lords · Question HL7505 · Tabled 14 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 21 May 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Wigley
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the average temperature increase in the UK over the past 50 years; and what estimate have they made of further warming over the next 50 years.
Answer
Answered by Baroness Hayman of Ullock, 21 May 2025
Global average temperatures are now 1.3°C above preindustrial temperatures, based on a 20-year average, centred on present-day by including 10 years from the past and projections for 10 years into the future. The UK Climate Projections, produced by the Me...