📈 Chartpack: The global heatwave

How hot has this summer been, and how has it felt in cities?

Midway upon the journey of our life

I found myself within a forest dark,

For the straightforward pathway had been lost.

[Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto 1]

Hi,

Chantal Smith

here. I was born at 363.48 ppm.¹ My mother was born at 320.23 ppm. My grandmother was born at 310.6 ppm. Today, we are at 416.43 ppm. That’s very close to the 450 ppm of carbon dio…