Climate Facts: Deforestation accounts for 11% global greenhouse gas emissions, says FAO

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 Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says deforestation and forest degradation account for 10 to 11 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. 
• The organisation added that global food loss and waste generate about eight percent of humankind’s annual greenhouse gas emissions.
• In a single square mile, mangroves hold as much carbon as the annual emissions of 90,000 cars, Conservation International said.
• The Conservation International said if the mangroves are destroyed and all that carbon is released into the atmosphere, it will contribute to climate change.
• In 2020, more than 830 cities in 72 countries had adopted renewable energy targets, according to the United Nations.