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#DYK: About 70 to 90% of coralreefs could be affected even at a 1.5 degrees Celcius warming scenario.

#India, a megadiverse country with only 2.4% of the world's land area, accounts for 7-8% of all recorded wildlife species.

According to UNICEF , approximately 1 billion children are at an 'extremely high risk' of the impacts of the

#India’s estimated 1.5 million to 4 million waste pickers who are undervalued and underpaid, do not even have a place in social security schemes. It's high time their invaluable work is acknowledged & formalised as essential work.

According to a new research by UQ News, Global coastal regions are diminishing rapidly due to #ClimateChange. This emphasizes the need to act quickly and decisively if we hope to conserve and restore whatever is left of our precious coastal ecosystems #ConserveCoastalEcosystems.

According to a study by NTU Singapore published in the scientific journal proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, an  increase in the global temperature due to #ClimateChange has the ability to change the micro-organisms in the air affecting the human health as well as agricultural crop yields.

#Climate change affects the working poor, especially those who work in the informal sector. They also lack social protection or employment benefits. Achieving #SocialJustice through formal employment is a prerequisite for reducing poverty and inequality. #WorldDayOfSocialJustice

According to Our World In Data, #ClimateChange induced natural disasters can be highly variable and kill on average 60,000 people per year, making them responsible for 0.1% of global deaths, exposing the stark inequalities in society between the wealthy and poor #ActOnClimate

As per a study by American Geophysical Union, #ClimateChange is causing irreversible deoxygenation of the #Ocean's middle depths that support much of the world's fisheries threatening its very existence. There is a pressing need for urgent ambitious ocean action on a global scale #OceanActionNow

As per research by MAKAAM, women farmers in #India from poor families or vulnerable castes with limited social capital, face challenges from gaining control over family-owned land to accessing credit, repaying loans and even finding work as labourers #ClimateActionNow