Factoid

60°C - Could be the temperature in many parts of the world by 2050, warns the World Economic Forum (WEF) in its latest report. “This level of extreme heat would have been almost impossible in the absence of human caused global warming,” the report said.

Some extreme weather events, such as heat and coldwaves, intense precipitation events, and regional droughts have become more frequent and intense.

BEWARE!

  • By 2030, climate change-related illnesses is likely to kill 250,000 people each year. 
  • According to the report, up to 8 per cent of the global population will witness a severe reduction in water availability in the near future.
  • Bangladesh, Vietnam and Thailand will be threatened by annual floods, sparking mass migration .
  • By 2100s, Florida will disappear and south Spain will become a desert.
  • Up to 140 million people are expected to be displaced by 2050 because of food and water insecurity as well as extreme weather.

CAUSES & CHALLENGES

  1. One of the biggest contributors to climate change is pollution. ABOUT 100 COMPANIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 71% OF GLOBAL EMISSIONS, according to a Carbon Majors report.
  2. The biggest challenge that our environment faces is climate change. Polar ice caps are melting SIX TIMES FASTER than they were in the 1990s. Greenland and Antarctica have lost more than 6.4 trillion ice between 1992 and 2017. Sea levels, on average, have risen eight inches since the 1880s

Remarks


"The commitments made in Paris in 2015 were far from enough to limit temperature rises to 1.5 degrees Celsius. If we don’t change course, we may be headed for a catastrophic temperature rise of more than 3.0 degrees this century. Therefore, I call on all the world leaders to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their countries until carbon neutrality is reached."  - Antonio Guterres, UN Chief


"Since world leaders pledged to limit global temperature rises to 2 degrees Celsius in 2015, a lot has happened, but the action needed is still nowhere in sight. We are still speeding in the wrong direction. The global decisionmakers are wasting time creating new loopholes with empty words and creative accounting." - Greta Thunberg, climate activist, on the urgency to deal with climate change


Did You Know

Greenhouse gas emissions reached a new high last year, putting us on course for an average temperature rise of 3 degrees Celsius. According to experts, 2020 could be the hottest year yet on record, as temperatures continue to soar

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