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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 (UN)  has projected that shifting to a green economy could yield an economic gain of $26 trillion through 2030 compared with business-as-usual.
• The transition could produce over 65 million new low-carbon jobs, says the UN.
• As of January 2023, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) estimated that over 20 million people across East Africa faced acute food insecurity as a result of droughts and other environmental shocks.
• Sustainable agriculture and forest protection could generate over $2 trillion per year of economic benefits, create millions of jobs and improve food security, according to the UN.
• The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) says the earth witnessed the eight warmest years of global temperature on record between 2015 and 2022 since 1850.