Climate Facts: A quarter of the world’s population experienced water scarcity in 2022, says UN

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:

• The United Nations (UN) says a quarter of the world’s population experienced water scarcity in 2022, which was exacerbated by climate change.

• The organisation added that climate change has led to the unavailability of recommended preventive malaria therapy like drugs and insecticide-treated nets.

• The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says direct green house gas (GHG) emissions from the transport sector accounted for 23 percent of global energy related CO2 emissions.

• IPCC said transport related emissions in developing regions have trumped those in Europe or North America.

• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric  Administration (NOAA) says 2023 was the 31st consecutive year with temperatures above average in Africa.

• The organisation said the world transitioned into El Niño phase in the same year.