The Cost of Inaction 2024
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Atmospheric CO2 is increasing FIGURE 1
Our planet is getting warmer FIGURE 2
Atmospheric CO2 concentration across millennia
parts per million (ppm)… and since the industrial revolution
parts per million (ppm)
800 400 0 100 500 200 300 600 700
Millennia before today1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2020June 2024:
427 ppmJune 2024:
427 ppm
1959:
316 ppm
Temperature anomaly
°C
1875 1890 1905 1920 1935 1950 1965 1980 1995 2010 2024+1.2°C in 2024
Annual meanSources: National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
Note: Global average land-sea temperature anomaly relative to the 1961-1990 average temperature.
Source: Met Office Hadley Centre.
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