CO2 / PPM /Annual Averages / Data Source: noaa.gov 1980 338.91ppm 1981 340.11ppm 1982 340.86ppm 1983 342.53ppm 1984 344.07ppm 1985 345.54ppm 1986 346.97ppm 1987 348.68ppm 1988 351.16ppm 1989 352.78ppm 1990 354.05ppm 1991 355.39ppm 1992 356.1ppm 1993 356.83ppm 1994 358.33ppm 1995 360.18ppm 1996 361.93ppm 1997 363.04ppm 1998 365.7ppm 1999 367.8ppm 2000 368.97ppm 2001 370.57ppm 2002 372.59ppm 2003 375.14ppm 2004 376.96ppm 2005 378.97ppm 2006 381.13ppm 2007 382.9ppm 2008 385.01ppm 2009 386.5ppm 2010 388.76ppm 2011 390.63ppm 2012 392.65ppm 2013 395.39ppm 2014 397.34ppm 2015 399.65ppm 2016 403.09ppm 2017 405.22ppm 2018 407.62ppm 2019 410.07ppm 2020 412.44ppm 2021 414.72ppm 2022 418.56ppm 2023 421.08ppm 2024 424.61ppm 2025 427.35ppm
CO2 / PPM /Annual Averages / Data Source: noaa.gov 1980 338.91ppm 1981 340.11ppm 1982 340.86ppm 1983 342.53ppm 1984 344.07ppm 1985 345.54ppm 1986 346.97ppm 1987 348.68ppm 1988 351.16ppm 1989 352.78ppm 1990 354.05ppm 1991 355.39ppm 1992 356.1ppm 1993 356.83ppm 1994 358.33ppm 1995 360.18ppm 1996 361.93ppm 1997 363.04ppm 1998 365.7ppm 1999 367.8ppm 2000 368.97ppm 2001 370.57ppm 2002 372.59ppm 2003 375.14ppm 2004 376.96ppm 2005 378.97ppm 2006 381.13ppm 2007 382.9ppm 2008 385.01ppm 2009 386.5ppm 2010 388.76ppm 2011 390.63ppm 2012 392.65ppm 2013 395.39ppm 2014 397.34ppm 2015 399.65ppm 2016 403.09ppm 2017 405.22ppm 2018 407.62ppm 2019 410.07ppm 2020 412.44ppm 2021 414.72ppm 2022 418.56ppm 2023 421.08ppm 2024 424.61ppm 2025 427.35ppm

Impact

News & Views

The legal net zero swamp that is sucking ING and Citigroup down under

A controversial gas project in Australia is increasingly turning into a PR disaster for some of the world’s biggest banks

News & Views

Net zero focus in France growing as climate motions hit corporates

Investors and regulators in Europe’s second-largest market are increasingly looking to introduce net zero-related motions

News & Views

ThomasLloyd’s CFO looks east but ‘China is not appropriate for our risk appetite’

Vivienne Maclachlan focuses on Asia as a rapidly emerging giant in the renewable energy investment space

News & Views

Panel: Pension funds should be ‘top of list’ for impact investing

A number of net zero insiders in London discussed how to tackle the continuing issue of greenwashing

News & Views

Why policymakers struggle to mitigate net zero transition risks

Part V of NZI’s Putting a Price on Pollution series explores the dangers of a disorderly transition

News & Views

Morningstar: passive funds rapidly entering the ESG investment space

Passive investments now represent almost a quarter of all ESG fund assets globally, according to Morningstar's sustainability research chief Hortense Bioy

Briefs

Asset managers accused of ‘failing’ to invest responsibly

Non-profit organisation ShareAction said the majority of asset managers, including Vanguard and BlackRock, fail to consider the effects of climate change in their investment policies

Briefs
News & Views
NGO

Record number of investors targeting corporate climate change disclosures

The Carbon Disclosure Project’s 2022 Non-Disclosure Campaign has reported that more investors are targeting companies to disclose on key environmental issues such as water security and forestry.

Briefs
Streaming
Podcast

Net Zero with Nawar - driving impacts in public vs private markets

Nawar Alsaadi looks at impact investing in public vs private markets

News & Views

Pension funds turning to passives for climate/impact goals

The move is driven by development of rules-based indices, DWS survey finds.

News & Views

KBI highlights data concerns across industry in impact report

KBI’s report links its activities to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Briefs

NATO says climate change poses a risk to critical infrastructure assets essential for security.

NATO has released a climate change and security impact assessment...