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Carbon Cuts 'Miles Short' Of 2030 Goal: UN

Burning of fossil fuels has largely driven a surge in greenhouse gas pollution (Credit: AFP)

Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record highs in 2023, the UN warned on Monday, with countries falling "miles short" of what is needed to curb devastating global warming.

Levels of the three main greenhouse gases -- heat-trapping carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide -- all increased yet again last year, said the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nation's weather and climate agency.

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