- https://www.npr.org/2021/10/25/1048960283/greenhouse-emissions-reached-record-levels-in-2020
October 25, 20219:55 AM ET
Emissions rise from Duke Energy’s coal-fired Asheville power plant in Arden, N.C., in 2018.Charles Mostoller/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Despite a world economy that slowed significantly because of COVID-19, the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached a new record last year, putting the goal of slowing the rise of global temperatures “way off track,” according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
The United Nations body said Monday that carbon dioxide had risen by more than the 10-year average in 2020 to 413.2 parts per million, despite a slight decrease in emissions due to the coronavirus pandemic. Methane and nitrous oxide, two other potent greenhouse gases, also showed increases, the WMO said in thelatest issue of itsGreenhouse Gas Bulletin.
The report comes ahead of a major climate conference
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