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The climate, 1850 to today

2026

  1. We burn coal, oil and gas

    38,599million tonnes of carbon dioxide per year

  2. Carbon dioxide builds up in the air

    427.55parts per million

  3. The world warms

    1.43degrees Celsius

  4. The seas rise

    111.8millimetres

  5. The Arctic ice shrinks

    4.81million square kilometres

  6. We can switch to clean power

    42.3percent of electricity generation

Data: Global Carbon Project (Robbie M. Andrew and Glen P. Peters, CICERO) · CSIRO (with the Australian Antarctic Division and ANSTO) · NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory · Met Office Hadley Centre and University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit · CNES / AVISO+ (produced with CLS and LEGOS) · NOAA@NSIDC, National Snow and Ice Data Center (CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder) · Ember. Stripes after Ed Hawkins (showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0).