1 1990.20 The graph below illustrates the increasing rate of global CO2 emissions since the industrial 2 era began.21 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Figure 3: Cumulative Annual Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 1751–2014: 14 54. 15 Because of the increased use of fossil fuel products, concentrations of greenhouse 16 gases in the atmosphere are now at a level unprecedented in at least 800,000 years.22 The graph 17 below illustrates the nearly 30% increase in atmospheric CO2 concentration above pre-Industrial 18 levels since 1960.23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Global Carbon Budget 2016, supra note 4, at 630 (“Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry have increased every decade from an average of 3.1±0.2 GtC/yr in the 1960s to an average of 9.3±0.5 GtC/yr during 2006– 2015.”). 21 Peter Frumhoff et al., The Climate Responsibilities of Industrial Carbon Producers, 132 CLIMATIC CHANGE 157, 164 (2015). 22 IPCC 2014 Synthesis Report, supra note 2, at 4. 23 Global Carbon Budget 2016, supra note 4, at 608. 20 26 27 28 SHER EDLING LLP COMPLAINT 30