Climate

[New] Aviation is a key contributor to climate change - making up 2.4% of global emissions And, if past trends continued, emissions would be expected to triple by 2050.
[New] The cost of climate change in India and South East Asia could be as high as a 9-13% loss in GDP by 2100 compared with what could have been achieved in a world without climate change.
[New] Avoiding deforestation and implementing tropical reforestation are both critical elements in successfully combating climate change - delivering up to one-third of the mitigation needed by 2030 to keep global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius in a cost-effective way.
[New] Despite the environmental devastation that the industry has caused, and the need to reduce fossil fuel consumption to tackle climate change, Nigeria is planning to expand its oil production, almost doubling its output by 2025.
[New] A recentiIf the trajectory of climate change continues on the path that it is set on, the emperor penguin will be driven to extinction in just 90 years due to sea ice vanishing.
[New] ADB has made a commitment to deliver $80 billion in climate finance cumulatively between 2019 and 2030, and will ensure that at least 75% of its projects will address climate change mitigation and adaptation by 2030.
[New] Even a modest increase in the global mean sea level of 11 centimeters could result in additional losses of USD 1.4 trillion per year.
[New] The Global Resilient Cities Network will drive urban resilience action with an expanded partner base and welcome up to 10 new members in 2020 to protect vulnerable communities from climate change and other urban challenges.
Even the most conservative of predictions by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) show global sea levels will rise 30 to 60 centimetres by 2100.
ADB's recent report Meeting Asia's Infrastructure Needs calculates that developing Asia needs investment of $1.7 trillion per year until 2030 to build infrastructure of sufficient quality and resilience to withstand the impacts of climate change.
Whatever path the global economy takes in the next year, it will bequeath an even more fragile economic and financial system that is already facing mounting risks from climate change related impacts.
The year 2020 will be pivotal for climate action if the world is to control ever worsening impacts and indicators of climate change before it is too late.
Global greenhouse gas emissions must be slashed by almost half from recent levels by 2030 and reach net-zero by mid-century to avoid the most dangerous and costly impacts of climate change.
If there were a major change in the world's economy enough to make a difference in climate change, the world's population would have much more immediate problems to worry about than a climate crisis in the next 100 years, such as whether people could work and buy food.
If indirect costs from supply chain disruption and other knock - on economic consequences are factored in, climate change could add over $100 billion of loss each year to the global economy.
The increasing threat of climate change has engendered a rapid response in Europe with the EU pledging €1 trillion to decarbonise the economy and to establish a sustainable EV industry and associated supply chain.
With only a narrow window of opportunity to lessen the impacts of climate change and radically reduce the consumption of natural resources, it is essential that EU policymakers reflect upon European citizens frustrations and place sustainability at the forefront of governance.
Climate change is expected to cause approximately 250,000 additional deaths per year between the years 2030 and 2050.
In a world in which demand for food and water is expected to increase 50% by 2050 and global energy demand is set to double, others see the water, energy, and food nexus as the framework on which to build sustainable solutions.
With construction beginning in 2020, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, costing $2.3 billion, will bring royalties from South Africa, improve water resources, and boost private sector growth.
The policy objection of net zero is the reduction of carbon emissions by 100% from 1990 levels by 2050 in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and seeks to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees centigrade.
Researchers in the UK are at the forefront of innovative solutions to tackle climate change and help us meet our world-leading target of net zero emissions by 2050.

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Last updated: 30 March 2020