Climate Facts: Fashion industry responsible for 10% of annual global carbon emissions

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:

1) The fashion industry is responsible for 10 percent of the annual global carbon emissions. According to UN Fashion Industry Charter for Climate Action, at this pace, the fashion industry’s greenhouse gas emissions will surge to more than 50 percent by 2030.

2) Forests and trees are home to most of the earth’s biodiversity on land. They capture vast amounts of climate-heating carbon and in turn provide humans with clean air and water.

3) Restoring forests, peatlands and mangroves, along with other natural solutions, can provide over one-third of the greenhouse gas mitigation needed by 2030.

4) According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), halting the decline of ecosystem services could prevent losses of $10 trillion in global income by 2050.

5) The world’s forests absorb 2.4 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) annually. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), one-third of the annual CO2 is released from burning fossil fuels.