"Temperature pause" refers to a temporary period where the Earth's average temperature does not noticeably increase, indicating a break in the previous global warming trend. Full definition
There is, after all, no significant surface temperature pause on the 84 % of the globe that is interpolated from weather stations on climate timescales greater than seventeen years. (judithcurry.com)
Either way, whether the global temperature pause continues or not, temperatures have risen much more slowly than United Nations computer model predictions. (chimalaya.org)
Fifteen years of actual temperature pause during a period of CO2 increase creates a question which remains an open question. (judithcurry.com)