Climate Facts: Only 38% of small firms worldwide invested in climate adaptation, says UN

The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can make it difficult to digest. 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:

• Modern industrial activities have raised atmospheric carbon dioxide levels by nearly 50 percent since 1750, according to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
• NASA said the warmest extreme temperatures will be in central and eastern North America, central and southern Europe, the Mediterranean – including southern Europe, northern Africa and the near-East, as well as western and central Asia and southern Africa.
• According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), emissions of greenhouse gases warm the climate while emissions of pollution particles – aerosols, which have a cooling effect, partly mask this warming.
• Over 90 percent of east African coral reefs are projected to be destroyed by bleaching at 2°C, according to IPCC.
• The United Nations says only 38 percent of small firms worldwide have invested in adapting to environmental risks, compared to 60 percent of large firms.