WMO Secretary General says there is no sign of a slowdown.
The bulletin comes before the COP25 climate summit in Madrid next month.Levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have again hit a fresh record high, the World Meteorological Organization said Monday.
The WMO added that atmospheric methane amounted to 1869 parts per billion last year, another new high, while nitrous oxide hit 331.1 ppb in 2018. Methane is over double the pre-industrial level, while nitrous oxide is 23% higher than the pre-industrial level. The bulletin comes before the COP25 climate summit in Madrid, which is scheduled to take place next month.
"We need to translate the commitments into action and increase the level of ambition for the sake of the future welfare of... mankind," Taalas explained.
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