• Atmospheric CO2 /Parts per Million /Annual Averages /Data Source: noaa.gov

  • 1980338.91ppm

  • 1981340.11ppm

  • 1982340.86ppm

  • 1983342.53ppm

  • 1984344.07ppm

  • 1985345.54ppm

  • 1986346.97ppm

  • 1987348.68ppm

  • 1988351.16ppm

  • 1989352.78ppm

  • 1990354.05ppm

  • 1991355.39ppm

  • 1992356.1ppm

  • 1993356.83ppm

  • 1994358.33ppm

  • 1995360.18ppm

  • 1996361.93ppm

  • 1997363.04ppm

  • 1998365.7ppm

  • 1999367.8ppm

  • 2000368.97ppm

  • 2001370.57ppm

  • 2002372.59ppm

  • 2003375.14ppm

  • 2004376.96ppm

  • 2005378.97ppm

  • 2006381.13ppm

  • 2007382.9ppm

  • 2008385.01ppm

  • 2009386.5ppm

  • 2010388.76ppm

  • 2011390.63ppm

  • 2012392.65ppm

  • 2013395.39ppm

  • 2014397.34ppm

  • 2015399.65ppm

  • 2016403.09ppm

  • 2017405.22ppm

  • 2018407.62ppm

  • 2019410.07ppm

  • 2020412.44ppm

  • 2021414.72ppm

  • 2022418.56ppm

  • 2023421.08ppm

Scandinavia

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NZI sits down with Hanna Kaskela, head of responsible investment and sustainability at Finnish insurance firm Varma

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Briefs

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£85bn Swedish Pension Fund warns asset managers over ESG

Briefs

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Sweden-based pension giant Alecta has admitted it may lose more than $1 billion after the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the Signature financial institution.

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Exclusive: Eva Halvarsson on running ‘her’ $37bn pension giant AP2

Net Zero Investor sits down with industry heavyweight Eva Halvarsson, since 2006 the CEO of AP2, one of Europe's largest pension funds

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Exclusive: ATP’s ESG boss on managing voting processes and pushing corporates

Jakob Skafte, ESG director at ATP, tells NZI at ICGN in Stockholm how the pension giant runs its £80 billion global portfolio