Statistics
30
Percent drop in illegal logging globally since 2004, as estimated by a Chatham House study
144
Billion US dollars is the size of the carbon market despite the financial and economic turmoil.
1.4
Degrees Fahrenheit is the rise in Earth's average temperature since the start of the 20th century—with much of this warming occurring in just the last 30 years.
40
billions of dollars to be mobilized by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) for country-led low carbon growth
16
percent of global power comes from hydropower. It is the leading renewable source of electricity worldwide.
2.3
billion new cars could be added between 2005 and 2050. 80% of those cars would be driven in today's developing countries.
2/3
of the world’s coal reserves are in just four countries: the United States, first and foremost, followed by India, China and Russia.
3
gigatons of carbon (GtC) are removed by terrestrial ecosystems from the atmosphere every year.
90%
of projected increases in global energy consumption, coal use, and energy-related CO2 emissions over the next 20 years will likely be in developing countries.
