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:
- To prevent warming beyond 1.5°C, emissions need to be reduced by 7.6 percent every year till 2030, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- The risk of heat-related illness and death will be lower at 1.5°C warming than at 2°C, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- Warming of 1.5°C to 2°C will lead to a reduction of rainforest biomass and will increase deforestation and wildfires, according to NASA.
- Methane is a powerful pollutant with a global warming potential over 80 times greater than carbon dioxide (CO2), according to UNEP.
- UNEP says the International Energy Agency estimates that over 75 percent of methane emissions could be mitigated with technology that exists today – and up to 40 percent at no net cost.
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