Climate Facts: 3.6bn people live in climate risk areas, says WHO
What was once a community in the Zakkari Desert is now entirely covered in encroaching sands due to the extreme desertification in Yobe state. The trees on the horizon are the legendary acacia trees which hold potential to resist the desert encroachment and absorb nitrogen Ð which is among the harmful gasses contributing to climate change.
Photo by Murtala Abdullahi
BY Deborah Bodunde
November 1, 2023 5:50 PM
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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 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.