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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:
- A recent study by Nature Climate Change says the world’s wealthiest 10 percent are responsible for two-thirds of global warming since 1990.
- The report said extreme climate impacts are directly linked to lifestyle and investment choices and not just the result of abstract global emissions.
- The United Nations (UN) says an estimated 5 to 12 million metric tonnes of plastic enter the ocean annually.
- The organisation noted that about 89 percent of plastic litter found on the ocean floor are single-use items like plastic bags.
- UN says up to 733 million people do not have access to electricity — about one in ten people globally.
- The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) says April 2025 was the second-hottest April on record globally.
- C3S said April 2025 was 0.07°C cooler than the warmest April in 2024, and 0.07°C hotter than the third warmest in 2016.
[TheCable]