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1.4 million
the number of homes electrified through solar energy in Bangladesh
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700,000 to 900,000
The tons of CO2 that are avoided annually due to proper disposal of municipal waste in Morocco
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200,000
The number of commuters that uses Sub-Saharan Africa's first Bus Rapid Transport in Lagos, Nigeria.
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22.9 million
The record number of energy efficient light bulbs that was distributed for free in Mexico
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40
billions of dollars to be mobilized by the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) for country-led low carbon growth
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16
percent of global power comes from hydropower. It is the leading renewable source of electricity worldwide.
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2.3
billion new cars could be added between 2005 and 2050. 80% of those cars would be driven in today's developing countries.
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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.
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3
gigatons of carbon (GtC) are removed by terrestrial ecosystems from the atmosphere every year.
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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.
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86%
of the land in Sub-Saharan Africa is moisture-stressed.
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78
million more people are added to the world’s population every year.
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15k
liters of water are required to produce 1 kg of boneless beef in feedlot beef production systems in the US. This is the same amount of water used in about 200 ten minute showers.
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2030
By this year, 90 million more people in Africa alone will be exposed to malaria.
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150k
people have died every year in recent years due to climate change.
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15
of the world’s 20 megacities are in low-elevation coastal zones at risk from rising sea levels.
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2°C
temperature rise above pre-industrial levels means 1 to 2 billion more people suffering from increased water stress and 100 to 400 million more people at risk of hunger.
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60
million people will be threatened by a 1 m rise in sea level. Such a rise also threatens more than $200 billion in assets in developing countries alone.
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50%
of global carbon emissions were emitted by high-income countries (home to one-sixth of the world’s population) in 2005.
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2.6%
Percentage of global carbon emissions emitted by low-income countries (consisting of 1.2 billion people) in 2005.
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2.2
tons of CO2 are emitted per year, from energy use and land-use change, by each person in low-income countries. 5.6 & 15.4 tons are emitted by residents of middle- & high-income countries, respectively.
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80
to 120 million people are at risk of hunger due to climate change, 70-80% will be in Africa (UNFCCC)
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950
natural catastrophes occurred in 2007, compared to 850 in 2006, a 12% increase (International Union for Conservation of Nature).
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150K
deaths can already be attributed to climate change annually (World Health Organization 2007).
