Climate Facts: Extreme heat increases chances of stillbirth, says UN

The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can prove difficult to digest. TheCable’s climate quick facts will help 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 United Nations Trade and Development (UNITAD) says about 25 percent of global mineral reserves are found in African countries, with 19 percent of those reserves required to produce electric vehicles.

The organisation said to achieve a just transition to clean energy, these minerals must be extracted, processed, and transformed sustainably and equitably to ensure responsible mining, circularity, and enhanced accountability across value chains.

The United Nations (UN) says extreme heat increases incidence of stillbirth.

The organisation said climate change also increases the spread of vector-borne illnesses such as malaria, dengue fever, and Zika virus, which are linked to life threatening maternal and neonatal outcomes.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says the transportation industry accounts for about 15 percent of greenhouse gas emissions, which makes it the fourth largest source of global emissions after the power industry, and agriculture- forestry-land use sectors.

The organisation said road is the largest source of emissions from transportation, which accounts for 69 percent of emissions from the sector.