Climate Facts: Aviation accounts for 10% carbon emissions in transport sector, says UN

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:

• Aviation consumes a large amount of fossil fuels and accounts for 10 percent of global carbon emissions in the transport sector, according to the United Nations.
• The UN said shifting from cars to public transportation can reduce up to 2.2 tons of carbon emissions annually per individual.
• 2023 was the hottest year in global temperature data records since 1850, according to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).
• C3S said 2023 was 0.60°C warmer than the 1991 to 2020 average temperature and 1.48°C warmer than the 1850 to 1900 pre-industrial level.
• The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 2023 rose to the highest level recorded — 419 parts per million, the EU climate service said.