By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA (Reuters) -Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere have reached the highest ever recorded, potentially further warming the planet and leading to more extreme climate events, a new report by the World Meteorological Organization found.

From 2023 to 2024, the global average concentration of CO2 rose by 3.5 parts per million – the largest increase since modern measurements started in 1957, according to the report, published ahead of next month’s United Nations Climate Change Conference in Brazil.

The burning of fossil fuels and an increase in wildfires, particularly in South America, drove the rise in CO2 levels over the last year, it said, stressing more needs to be done to reduce emissions.

“The heat trapped by CO2 and other greenhouse gases is turbo-chargin

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