The recent IPCC WG II report predicts that if temperatures rise between 1.7 & 1.8 degree Celcius, 50% of the human population could be exposed to periods of life-threatening extreme climatic conditions which will defy human ability to cope.
#ClimateChange #Climate #Environment #Earth #Green #GlobalWarming #ClimateActionNow #Deforestation #ClimateCrisis #GreenNewDeal #ActNow #BuildBackBetter #ActForEarth #ClimateCrisis #SaveEarth
#DYK: About 70 to 90% of coralreefs could be affected even at a 1.5 degrees Celcius warming scenario.
According to UNICEF , approximately 1 billion children are at an 'extremely high risk' of the impacts of the
#India’s estimated 1.5 million to 4 million waste pickers who are undervalued and underpaid, do not even have a place in social security schemes. It's high time their invaluable work is acknowledged & formalised as essential work.
According to a new research by UQ News, Global coastal regions are diminishing rapidly due to #ClimateChange. This emphasizes the need to act quickly and decisively if we hope to conserve and restore whatever is left of our precious coastal ecosystems #ConserveCoastalEcosystems.
According to a study by NTU Singapore published in the scientific journal proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, an increase in the global temperature due to #ClimateChange has the ability to change the micro-organisms in the air affecting the human health as well as agricultural crop yields.
#Climate change affects the working poor, especially those who work in the informal sector. They also lack social protection or employment benefits. Achieving #SocialJustice through formal employment is a prerequisite for reducing poverty and inequality. #WorldDayOfSocialJustice
The science has spoken! As per the recently released report “The physical science basis” by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is irrefutable evidence that humans are responsible for the current climate crisis we find ourselves in. Greenhouse gas emissions are choking the planet and the billions of people living in every nook and corner of the world, threatening their very existence.
According to Our World In Data, #ClimateChange induced natural disasters can be highly variable and kill on average 60,000 people per year, making them responsible for 0.1% of global deaths, exposing the stark inequalities in society between the wealthy and poor #ActOnClimate
As per a study by American Geophysical Union, #ClimateChange is causing irreversible deoxygenation of the #Ocean's middle depths that support much of the world's fisheries threatening its very existence. There is a pressing need for urgent ambitious ocean action on a global scale #OceanActionNow
