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The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can make it difficult to digest. TheCable’s climate quick facts will help to demystify these climate concepts through easy-to-understand and straight-to-the-point explanations.

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

• Around 90 percent of energy trapped in the climate system by greenhouse gases goes into the ocean, posing risks to marine ecosystems, according to World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
• On the current path of carbon dioxide emissions, the United Nations projects temperature could increase by as much as 4.4°C by the end of the century.
• The annual increase in methane concentration from 2020 to 2021 was the highest on record, according to WMO.
• Climate change annual adaptation costs in developing countries are in the range of $70 billion but could reach $300 billion by 2030, according to the UN.
• Only 21 percent of international climate finance goes to adaptation and resilience – about $16.8 billion a year, according to the UN.