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:
- The United Nations says the transport sector accounts for 15 percent of total greenhouse gas emissions, making it the fourth largest source of global emissions.
- Road transport is the largest source of emissions in the sector, accounting for 69 percent, according to the UN.
- The UN says greenhouse gas emissions from transport could grow by up to 65 percent by 2050.
- Annual increase in methane concentration from 2020 to 2021 was the highest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO).
- According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health shocks and stresses currently push around 100 million people into poverty every year, with the impacts of climate change worsening the trend.
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