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Climate action facts
- Warming beyond 1.5°C will substantially increase the risk of global species extinctions.
- The ocean is already warmer, more acidic and less productive.
- Around 7 million people die every year from exposure to polluted air.
- Nature-based solutions could provide one third of net reductions in greenhouse gas emissions required to meet Paris Agreement goals.
- Bold climate action could deliver $26 trillion in economic benefits by 2030.
- Renewable energy is getting cheaper all the time.
- Switching to a clean economy could produce over 65 million new low-carbon jobs.
- An investment of $1.8 trillion from 2020 to 2030 in adaptation could generate $7.1 trillion in total net benefits.
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