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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:

• Aviation consumes a large amount of fossil fuels and accounts for 10 percent of global carbon emissions in the transport sector, according to the United Nations.
• The UN said shifting from cars to public transportation can reduce up to 2.2 tons of carbon emissions annually per individual.
• 2023 was the hottest year in global temperature data records since 1850, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
• C3S said 2023 was 0.60°C warmer than the 1991 to 2020 average temperature and 1.48°C warmer than the 1850 to 1900 pre-industrial level.
• The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 2023 rose to the highest level recorded — 419 parts per million, the EU climate service said.