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Greenhouse gas levels hit record high in 2020 despite pandemic: WMO Report

Geneva, Oct 25 (UNI/Sputnik) The level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere in 2020 has reached a new record despite global lockdowns and a temporary suspension of economic activity due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Greenhouse Gas Bulletin published on Monday.
"Concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), the most important greenhouse gas, reached 413.2 parts per million in 2020 and is 149 percent of the pre-industrial level," the report said.
The milestone of 400 parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere was breached in 2015.
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