Carbon dioxide concentration has increased by more than 10% in just two decades, reports World Meteorological Organization
The increase of pollutants and CO2 in the atmosphere is driven by humanity’s ‘stubbornly high’ burning of fossil fuels, the WMO found.The increase of pollutants and CO2 in the atmosphere is driven by humanity’s ‘stubbornly high’ burning of fossil fuels, the WMO found.The concentration of planet-heating pollutants clogging the atmosphere hit record levels in 2023, the World Meteorological Organization has said.
The increase was driven by humanity’s “stubbornly high” burning of fossil fuels, the WMO found, and made worse by big wildfires and a possible drop in the ability of trees to absorb carbon. Saulo said: “We are clearly off track to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to well below 2C and aiming for 1.5C above preindustrial levels. These are more than just statistics. Every part per million and every fraction of a degree temperature increase has a real impact on our lives and our planet.”
There has been a slight slowdown in the growth of global emissions over the last decade but continued strong growth in atmospheric concentrations, said Glen Peters, a climate scientist at the Cicero in Norway, who was not involved in the study. “ should give us cause for thought on how strong carbon sinks will remain in a changing climate.”
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