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 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says about 21–37 percent of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions come from the food system — agriculture and land use, storage, transport, packaging, processing, retail, and consumption.
- A recent report by the International Energy Agency (IAE) says Africa requires an annual investment of nearly $25 billion to ensure energy access for all by 2030.
- The agency said to achieve energy development and climate goals in Africa, it requires a clean energy investment of more than double $90 billion by 2030.
- A new report by ActionAid International says an average of US$677 billion in public finance is directed toward climate-destructive sectors each year.
- The report said the wrong finance flow deprives crucial social sectors like education, a substantial amount that could fund schooling for all sub-Saharan African children 3.5 times over.
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