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$1,000,000 The per person cost of fortifying coast-lines in smaller and often poorer U.S. communities
$1,400,000,000,000 annual cost of sea level rise flooding by 2100 in 130 major cities
$100 billion annually - The amount pledged by rich countries at COP21
$100/ton The cost of extracting and storing carbon dioxide that will be achieved over the next decade or two
$250 trillion - Today’s cumulative climate debt at $100/ton
$400,000,000,000 costs faced by U.S. to fortify coast-lines over the next 20 years
$50 Trillion - The U.S. climate debt based on $100/ton
0-20% (2020) Regional distribution of GDP risk based on climate impact on work hours
0.20 GT Micro-Wind (by 2050, cumulative)
0.32 GT Ridesharing (by 2050, cumulative)
0.52 GT Rail Electrification (by 2050, cumulative)
0.77 GT Green Roofs (by 2050, cumulative)
0.81 GT Biochar (by 2050, cumulative)
0.87 GT Water Distribution Efficiency (by 2050, cumulative)
0.90 GT Recycled Paper (by 2050, cumulative)
0.96 GT Avoided Grassland Conversation (by 2050, cumulative)
0.96 GT Electric Bicycles (by 2050, cumulative)
1.1 GT Waste-to-Energy (by 2050, cumulative)
1.33 GT Farmland Irrigation (by 2050, cumulative)
1.52 GT High-Speed Rail (by 2050, cumulative)
1.65 GT Grazing - Animal Management (by 2050, cumulative)
1.7 million people will be displaced per cm of SLR
1.81 GT Agricultural Nutrient Management (by 2050, cumulative)
1.9 GT Small Methane Digesters (by 2050 cumulative)
1.99 GT Telepresence (by 2050, cumulative)
10.23 GT Conservation Agriculture (by 2050, cumulative)
10.8 GT Electric Vehicles (by 2050, cumulative)
10.84 GT Peatland restoration (by 2050, cumulative)
10.9 GT Concentrated Solar (by 2050, cumulative)
10% The GDP impact of a 5oC world in which 5% of humanity is flooded annually
11.34 GT Improved Rice Cultivation (by 2050, cumulative)
12.07 GT Trees in Croplands (by 2050, cumulative)
14.08 GT Farmland Restoration (by 2050, cumulative)
14.1 GT Offshore Wind (by 2050, cumulative)
15.81 GT Clean Cookstoves (by 2050, cumulative)
16.09 GT Nuclear Energy (by 2050, cumulative)
16.34 GT Managed Grazing (by 2050, cumulative)
16.6 GT Geothermal Energy (by 2050, cumulative)
17.2 GT Tree Intercropping (by 2050, cumulative)
17.35 GT Conservation Agriculture (by 2050, agriculture)
17.46 GT Cropland Nutrient Management (by 2050, cumulative)
18.06 GT Afforestation Plantations (by 2050, cumulative)
18.65 GT Avoided Peat Impacts (by 2050, cumulative)
2.06 GT Women Smallholders (by 2050, cumulative)
2.19 GT Smart Glass (by 2050, cumulative)
2.28 GT Composting (by 2050, cumulative)
2.31 GT Bike Infrastructure (by 2050, cumulative)
2.45 GT Grazing - Optimal Intensity (by 2050, cumulative)
2.5 GT Landfill Methane (by 2050, cumulative)
2.62 GT Smart Thermostats (by 2050, cumulative)
2.77 GT Household Recycling (by 2050, cumulative)
2.77 GT Industrial Recycling (by 2050, cumulative)
2.8% of GDP Damages from 1.8m of SLR in 2100 ($25 trillion)
2.92 GT Walkable Cities (by 2050, cumulative)
20.19 GT Tropical Staple Trees (by 2050, cumulative)
21.57 GT Peatlands (by 2050, cumulative)
216 million people could be forced to migrate within their own countries by 2050
22.61 GT Temperate Forest Restoration (by 2050, cumulative)
23.15 GT Regenerative Agriculture (by 2050, cumulative)
24.26 GT Natural Forest Management (by 2050, cumulative)
24.6 GT Solar Rooftops (by 2050, cumulative)
25% - The amount by which climate warming has already exacerbated global inequalities
3.05 GT Avoided Woodfuel (by 2050, cumulative)
3.13 GT Rice Intensification (by 2050, cumulative)
3.19 GT Coastal Wetland Protection (by 2050, cumulative)
3.33 GT Perennial Biomass Crops (by 2050, cumulative)
3.49 GT Fire Management (by 2050, cumulative)
3.63 GT Grazing - Legumes in Pastures (by 2050, cumulative)
3.97 GT Cogeneration (by 2050, cumulative)
31.19 GT Silvopasture (by 2050, cumulative)
36.9 GT Solar Farms (by 2050, cumulative)
4.0 GT Hybrid Cars (by 2050, cumulative)
4.0 GT Instream Hydro (by 2050, cumulative)
4.3 GT Bioplastics (by 2050, cumulative)
4.37 GT Improved Rice Cultivation (by 2050, cumulative)
4.61 GT Residential Water Conservation (by 2050, cumulative)
4.62 GT Building Automation (by 2050, cumulative)
5.04 GT Commercial LED Lighting (by 2050, cumulative)
5.05 GT Airplane Efficiency (by 2050, cumulative)
5.2 GT Heat Pumps (by 2050, cumulative)
5.50 GT Coastal Wetland Restoration (by 2050, cumulative)
5.61 GT Grazing - Improved Feed (by 2050, cumulative)
500% - How much more poor countries are paying for debt service as compared to climate change
509 GTs of CO2 - The amount produced by the U.S. since 1850, 20% of the global total
59.6 GT Educating Girls (by 2050, cumulative)
59.6 GT Family Planning (by 2050, cumulative)
6.08 GT Solar Hot Water (by 2050, cumulative)
6.18 GT Truck Efficiency (by 2050, cumulative)
6.19 GT Indigenous Land Management (by 2050, cumulative)
6.2 GT Tropical Forest Conservation (by 2050, cumulative)
6.57 GT Mass Transit (by 2050, cumulative)
6.69 GT Alternative Cement (by 2050, cumulative)
60% - The percentage of historical emissions produced in the lifetime of the average American - 38 years old
61.23 GT Tropical Forest Restoration (by 2050, cumulative)
66.11 GT Plant-Rich Diet (by 2050, cumulative)
7.22 GT Bamboo Reforestation (by 2050, cumulative)
7.3 GT Improved Plantations (by 2050, cumulative)
7.5 GT Biomass Energy (by 2050, cumulative)
7.51 GT Avoided Coastal Wetlands Impacts (by 2050, cumulative)
7.81 GT Household LED Lighting (by 2050, cumulative)
7.87 GT Ships (by 2050, cumulative)
70.53 GT Reduced Food Waste (by 2050, cumulative)
79.67 GT Avoided Forest Conversion (by 2050, cumulative)
8.27 GT Insulation (by 2050, cumulative)
8.4 GT Methane Digesters (by 2050, cumulative)
80% - the fraction of GHGs being produced by G20 countries
83.52 GT Reforestation (by 2050, cumulative)
84.6 GT Onshore Wind (by 2050, cumulative)
89.74 GT Refrigerant Chemicals (by 2050, cumulative)
9.10 GT Biochar (by 2050, cumulative)
9.2 GT Wave and Tidal Energy (by 2050, cumulative)
9.28 GT Multi-strata Agroforestry (by 2050, cumulative)
9.36 GT District Heating (by 2050, cumulative)
90% - The percentage of historical emissions produced in the lifetime of Joe Biden
95% percentile for estimates of SLR in 2100 has gone from 1.8m in 2013 to 3m in 2017
Coastal protection for Miami alone could cost $130 billion
For a 1.8m sea level rise, annual damage costs could exceed $25 trillion