Citation
(2010), "WMO: global greenhouse gases at highest levels", International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Vol. 2 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijccsm.2010.41402bab.003
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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WMO: global greenhouse gases at highest levels
Article Type: News From: International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Volume 2, Issue 2
The global concentrations of greenhouse gases carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in 2008 reached their highest levels since pre-industrial times, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said in an annual report. These are the three most prevalent, long-lived, human-affected greenhouse gases in the atmosphere after water vapour, reports the organisation. Concentrations of most greenhouse gases continue to increase, it adds. Since 1990, greenhouse gases have increased “radiative forcing”, a measure of global warming, by 26 per cent, the WMO says. Carbon dioxide is the most important greenhouse gas, contributing to nearly two-thirds of the increase in radiative forcing since 1750. Further details are available at: www.wmo.int/pages/mediacentre/press_releases/pr_868_en.html