The Met Office State of the UK Climate Report for 2024 was published yesterday, showing that record breaking and extreme weather has become increasingly commonplace in the UK Hear more about the report's key findings in our latest Deep Dive Watch the full episode on YouTube 👇 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=i-VJN8WijJc | Met Office

The Met Office CO2 forecast indicates that in 2021, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will reach levels 50% higher than before the industrial revolution, due to human-caused emissions. The Met Office predicts that annual average CO2 concentration at Mauna Loa, Hawaii, will be 2.29 ± 0.55 parts per million (ppm) higher in 2021 than in 2020. Professor Richard Betts MBE, who leads the production of the Met Office’s annual CO2 forecast, said: “The human-caused build-up of CO2 in the atmosphere is acc