Last year was the world's fifth hottest on record, while levels of planet-warming carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere hit new highs in 2021, European Union (EU) scientists said. As greenhouse gas emissions change the planet's climate, the long-term warming trend has continued. Global levels of CO2 and methane, the main greenhouse gases continued to climb, and both hit record highs in 2021. Levels of CO2 in the atmosphere reached 414.3 parts per million in 2021, up by around 2.4ppm from 2020, the scientists said. Scientists concluded that climate change had made the floods at least 20% more likely.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 11, 2022 10:48 UTC