The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Bulletin of November 25th, showed that globally averaged concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) reached 407.8 parts per million in 2018, up from 405.5 parts per million (ppm) in 2017.
Concentrations of methane and nitrous oxide also surged by higher amounts than during the past decade.
Despite all the commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, there is no sign of a slowdown in greenhouse gases concentration in the atmosphere, which in turn will lead future generations to cope with increasingly serious impacts due to climate change, including rising temperatures, extreme weather events, water stress, sea level rise and destruction of aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
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