Ismail Serageldin: Global carbon dioxide emissions reached 54B tons per year

CO2 emissions are not decreasing, but on the contrary, are growing, Ismail Serageldin, Co-Chair of Board of Trustees of Nizami Ganjavi International Center, said within the High-Level Dialogue: Advancing Climate Transparency through Universal Participation in the Enhanced Transparency Framework (ETF) in Baku, Report informs.

He noted that if 30 years ago humanity emitted 33 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year into the atmosphere, now it is 54 billion tons per year.

"Today, CO2 is at the highest concentration level that the Earth has seen in the last two million years. Methane and nitrous oxide are at the highest level that we have seen in the last 800,000 years," he said.

He noted that it is necessary to make important climate decisions now that will help reduce the damage from climate change.

"Thanks to your determination and our commitment to working together on the global problem of climate change, we will be able to correct the situation and save humanity from disaster," he concluded.