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Met Office says record rise in carbon dioxide in 2024 was 26% higher than predicted
Smoke rising from behind trees near the scene of a grass fire on Leyton flats in east London, August 12, 2022
CARBON dioxide emissions rose at their fastest-ever rate in 2024 due to record fossil fuel burning, deforestation and wildfires, a Met Office study warned today.
Concentrations of the greenhouse gas were 26 per cent higher than predicted last year — reaching 3.58 parts per million (ppm) at Mauna Loa, Hawaii.
The Met Office has conducted measurements on the island since 1958 and said the rate of increase is incompatible with staying below 1.5°C of global warming.
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