Since I joined Mastodon atmospheric CO2 has increased by almost 20ppm (nearly 5%) https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/news-and-media/media-centre/weather-and-climate-news/2024/met-office-carbon-dioxide-forecast-on-the-limits-of-compatibility-for-achieving-1.5c
make of that what you will
https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/111281195022592662
Met OfficeMet Office carbon-dioxide forecast for 2024The build-up of atmospheric carbon-dioxide between 2023 and 2024 is forecast to be faster than that required to track IPCC scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5°C, that is the finding from the latest Met Office CO₂ forecast.
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2022/23 UK GDP growth: 0.1%
Global atmospheric CO2 growth:
0.6% in 2022/23
Projected to be 0.7% in 2023/24
Funny kind of #netZero
@urlyman Net Zero is when your look in your net and there's fuck all in it
@ohmrun it’s the decoupling we’ve been promised. Fuck all economic growth while emissions accelerate 