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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:

• The United Nations says doubling global renewable energy capacity by 2030 could save the world economy between $1.2 and $4.2 trillion each year, largely due to a massive reduction in costs from pollution.
• According to the UN, the seven biggest emitters of greenhouse gases are China, the United States of America, India, the European Union, Indonesia, the Russian Federation, and Brazil.
• The seven countries accounted for about half of all global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020.
• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says while the benefits of air quality would come quickly, it could take 20 to 30 years to see global temperatures stabilise.
• The annual increase in methane concentration from 2020 to 2021 was the highest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).