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The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can be difficult to understand.

TheCable’s quick climate facts will help demystify these concepts through easy-to-understand and straightforward explanations.

Here are some to keep at the tip of your fingers:

• The United Nations says about 29 percent of global electricity currently comes from renewable sources, such as wind and solar.
• According to the UN, 60 percent of people living in Africa are still not covered by early warning systems to predict floods, droughts, and storms.
• The organisation said between 1970 and 2021, climate and water-related disasters caused 2,087,229 deaths, with 90 percent in developing countries. 
• The World Health Organisation (WHO) said 3.6 billion people are living in areas highly susceptible to climate change.
• The organisation said the death rate in vulnerable regions from extreme weather events in the last decade was 15 times higher than in less vulnerable ones.