Топик Environment

Carbon Dioxide Levels in Atmosphere Hit New Record: WMO

Jakarta: Levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere hit a new record of 410.5 parts per million in 2019, and are expected to keep rising this year, according to the latest World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Greenhouse Gas Bulletin.
 
"We breached the global threshold of 400 parts per million in 2015. And just four years later, we crossed 410 ppm. Such a rate of increase has never been seen in the history of our records," WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas said in a statement on Monday
 
"The lockdown-related fall in emissions is just a tiny blip on the long-term graph. We need a sustained flattening of the curve," the WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas added.