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Temperature Rise

World temp to rise > 1.5ºC as early as 2027

Temps greater than 1.5ºC leads to rising sea levels, acidic oceans, more drought, wildfires, and hurricanes. Higher temperatures also increases the risk for dehydration, heatstroke, hyperthermia, respiratory disease, salmonella, malaria, etc. Also as permafrost thaws, dormant viruses and potential pandemics can result.

Cities account for 70% of global CO2 emissions
More than 55% of the world population live in cities, and it is projected to increase to 60% by 2030. Jakarta, Delhi, and Beijing are some of the world's most polluted cities, and much of this is due to the unsustainable impacts of transportation and infrastructure over many years.

75% of cities in the world are coastal, 570 of which are at risk.

More than 3.5 billion people live within 100km of a coastline. There is a predicted 10-12 in. of sea level rise by 2050 as a result of water expansion. Furthermore, we have lost 28 trillion tons of ice since the mid-1990s (1.2 trillion tons/year), with Greenland losing 30 million tonnes of ice per hour.

More than 2/3 of the world population will live in urban areas.

The world population is projected to hit 8.5 billion by 2030, and 9.7 billion by 2050. As a result of population growth and increased urban density, global CO2 emissions are further projected to increase from 35 to 43 Gigatons by 2030.