The record rise is incompatible with keeping global warming to 1.5C according to the Met Office.

Human activities are causing the world to heat up, posing serious threats to people and nature.

It is part of a wider plan to reduce emissions and pollution and restore natural habitat.

The North East Community Forest says the new plants will help rid the atmosphere of CO2.

The £1.5m project is expected to reduce the building’s CO2 emissions by 55 tonnes a year.

In Iceland a new plant is capturing and storing CO2 directly from the atmosphere.

Exxon Mobil seeks approval for the Solent CO2 Pipeline Project, which it says will reduce carbon emissions.

The road in Durham is being partly resurfaced using a material that traps more CO2 than it releases.