FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured at the World Health Organization (WHO) building in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2020. Picture taken February 2, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
The complexities of climate change and its associated jargon can prove difficult to digest.
TheCable’s quick climate facts will help demystify these concepts through easy-to-understand and straight-to-the-point explanations.
Here are some to keep at the tip of your fingers:
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the direct damage costs of climate change to health is estimated could reach $4 billion annually by 2030.
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The World Economic Forum (WEF) says foreign and domestic actors will leverage climate misinformation and disinformation to widen societal and political divides in the next two years.
The report said the spread of misinformation and disinformation around the globe could result in civil unrest, but may also lead to government-driven censorship, domestic propaganda and controls on the free flow of information.
A study by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) says there was a 4.5 percent increase in intimate partner violence in three South Asian countries when there was a 1°C increase in annual mean temperature.
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