WMO / GREENHOUSE GASES

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high, adding that the rise was fueled by El Niño, which led to droughts in tropical regions and reduced the capacity of forests and oceans to absorb carbon dioxide. UNIFEED / FILE

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:00
• Production Date: 24 October 2016
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION - WMO
• Subject Topical: CLIMATE CHANGE
• MAMS Id: 1751301
• Parent Id: 1751301
• Alternate Title: unifeed161024c

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STORY: WMO / GREENHOUSE GASES
TRT: 1:00
SOURCE: FILE
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: NATS

DATELINE: FILE

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2. Zoom in, power plant
3. Wide shot, train in front of industrial landscape
4. Close up, exhaust from the car
5. Wide shot, industrial pollution

FILE – UNICEF - AUGUST 2016, BULILIMA DISTRICT, MATEBELELAND, SOUTH PROVINCE, ZIMBABWE

6. Tilt down, sun to land
7. Close up, arid land

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8. Various shots, fields and crops affected by drought
9. Tilt up, children crossing a bridge over dried river
10. Close up, dried river

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11. Med shot, aerial view of teak plantation, Hojancha, Costa Rica
12. Wide shot, rainforest, Monteverde, Costa Rica

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13. Wide shot, aerial view of farms and forest plantations, Yan Bai, Vietnam

Storyline

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) today (24 Oct) said the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high.

According to the new WMO’s bulletin, the rise was fueled by El Niño, which led to droughts in tropical regions and reduced the capacity of forests and oceans to absorb carbon dioxide.

The UN agency said global carbon dioxide levels, which first reached 400 parts per million last year, are likely to stay above that symbolic 400 milestone all year and for generations to come.

Last month's average level at a key Hawaii monitoring station was 401 parts per million, up from 313 in 1958. Methane and other heat-trapping gases are also spiking.

Each year, WMO Greenhouse Gas bulletins report the latest trends and atmospheric burdens of the most influential, long-lived greenhouse gases; carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), as well as a summary of the contributions of the lesser gases.