"The World Meteorological Organization said in its latest bulletin on greenhouse gases, an annual study released ahead of the U.N.'s annual climate conference, that C02 growth rates have now tripled since the 1960s, and reached levels not seen in at least 800,000 years. Emissions from burning coal, oil and gas, alongside more wildfires, have helped fan a "vicious climate cycle," and people and industries continue to spew heat-trapping gases while the planet's oceans and forests lose their ability to absorb them, the WMO report said."
"The Geneva-based agency said the increase in the global average concentration of carbon dioxide from 2023 to 2024 amounted to the highest annual level of any one-year span since measurements began in 1957. Growth rates of CO2 have accelerated from an annual average increase of 2.4 parts per million per year in the decade from 2011 to 2020, to 3.5 ppm from 2023 to 2024, WMO said."
Atmospheric carbon dioxide rose by the largest single-year amount on record, reaching concentrations not seen in at least 800,000 years. CO2 growth rates have tripled since the 1960s and accelerated from an average of 2.4 ppm per year to 3.5 ppm between 2023 and 2024. Continued emissions from burning coal, oil and gas, together with increased wildfires, are reducing the ability of oceans and forests to absorb CO2 and creating positive feedbacks. The increased heat trapped by greenhouse gases is amplifying extreme weather and poses risks to economic security and community well-being, underscoring the need for emission reductions.
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