From CNN, though this is widely reported today:
“Concentrations of carbon dioxide surged at a record breaking speed in 2016, according to the annual Greenhouse Gas bulletin compiled by the World Meteorological Organization.”
The most disappointing bit is that the increase was the largest we’ve seen since we we’ve begun careful measurement of CO2.
Its not just that we are going the wrong way — we are going faster and faster the wrong way. We are accelerating our contributions to atmospheric CO2. First we have to slow down, then we have to turn around, then we need to go the other way. Every year CO2 levels go up is a year we are digging ourselves into a deeper hole.