Climate Facts: Earth is 1.1°C warmer than it was in 1800s, says UN

The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can be difficult to understand.

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

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

• Energy, industry, agriculture and waste disposal are among the major emitters of greenhouse gas, according to the United Nations.
• The burning of fossil fuels such as gasoline for driving a car or coal for heating a building, including clearing land and forests releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
• The UN says the earth is about 1.1° Celsius warmer than it was in the 1800s.
• The current path of carbon dioxide emissions could increase global temperature by as much as 4.4° Celsius by the end of the century, the organisation said.
• Fossil fuel production must decline by roughly six percent per year between 2020 and 2030 to keep warming below 1.5° Celsius, according to the UN.