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:
- To avoid the worst effects of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions need to be halved by 2030 and the world needs to achieve net zero emissions by no later than 2050.
- A key technology for the transition to clean energy is green hydrogen, produced using renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
- Only 21% of carbon pricing instruments or taxes are currently in use globally.
- According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a price of $147 (N60, 500) per carbon tonne is needed by 2030 if the world hopes to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
- Over 4,500 companies, cities, regions, and institutions have joined the ‘race to zero’ campaign aimed at achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.
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