Climate Facts: 98% of single-use plastics made from fossil fuels, says WEF

The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can prove difficult to digest.

TheCable’s quick climate facts will help demystify these concepts through easy-to-understand and straight-to-the-point explanations.

Here are some to keep at the tip of your fingers:

• A study published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says global sea level rose about 8 inches in the last century, and the rate in the last two decades is nearly double that of the last century.

• The World Economic Forum (WEF) says more than 98 percent of single-use plastics are made from fossil fuels.

• A study by Science Advances says only about nine percent of all plastics in the world have been recycled.

• The organisation added that 79 percent of plastics around the world end up in landfills, while only 12 percent were incinerated.

• The International Energy Agency (IEA) says energy efficiency could account for about half of the emissions reductions needed to achieve net zero by 2050.