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Chapter 3 Appendix. A Methodology of national and global studies - The Emissions Gap Report 2017
(2017)This chapter provides an update on the mitigation challenge associated with the global temperature goal of the Paris Agreement, and the estimated global emission levels under various assumptions regarding the implementation ... -
Bridging the Emissions Gap: The Role of Non-state and Subnational actors - Pre-release version of a chapter of the forthcoming UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2018
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2018)This publication is part of a collaborative series of reports by over 30 organizations released in concert with the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit, which showcase the extraordinary action of states, regions, cities, ... -
Annex 4.1. Updated Evidence on the Estimated Costs of Climate Change and Adaptation - The Adaptation Gap Report 2018
(2018)This annex describes material prepared to support Chapter 4 of the Adaptation Gap Report 2018 -
Cross-cutting Issues - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 4
(2019)As understanding of the interdependence between a healthy planet and healthy people becomes more developed, complex issues that thread through systems and societies gain new importance. Beyond the traditional Global ... -
Drivers of Environmental Change - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 2
(2019)The five drivers reviewed in this chapter — population growth and demographics, urbanization, economic development, new technological forces, and climate change — have led to an unprecedented expansion of wealth for many ... -
Introduction and Context - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People Chapter 1
(2019)Under the theme of ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People,’ the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) is an integrated assessment which considers various scienti c perspectives and inputs from across the world in a holistic ... -
Global Environment Outlook: GEO-6 - Summary for Policymakers
(Cambridge University Press, 2019)This Summary for Policymakers highlights the findings of the sixth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6) report. -
Technical Summary - Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Healthy Planet, Healthy People
(Cambridge University Press, 2020)This Technical Summary synthesizes the key evidence and messages of GEO-6. Chapter 1 sets out the context and methodological approach of the GEO-6 assessment. It is followed by chapters that: i) discuss the five drivers ... -
Letter from the Executive Director: UNEP in 2020 [Annual Report]
(2021)The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is a passionate advocate for planetary and human health. For almost 50 years, UNEP has delivered science to help the world understand the damage humanity’s carbon- and ... -
Chapter 6. Nature-based Solutions for Adaptation - Adaptation Gap Report 2020
(2021)Focusing on the national level, this chapter explores progress in uptake and implementation of NbS for adaptation. It first introduces NbS for adaptation and the basis for increasing interest in them, before exploring the ... -
Chapter 7. The Role of Market Mechanisms in Bridging the Gap - Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On – A World of Climate Promises Not Yet Delivered
(2021)NDCs and promote greater ambition, while at the same time fostering sustainable development and encouraging broad participation from both the private and public sectors. Market mechanisms are therefore seen as one important ... -
Chapter 6. The role of anthropogenic methane emissions in bridging the emissions gap - Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On – A World of Climate Promises Not Yet Delivered
(2021)This chapter assesses the role of methane in the NDCs and in bridging the emissions gap, and considers options for cost-effective reductions of the otherwise growing emissions of methane. -
Chapter 2. Trends in global emissions, new pledges for 2030 and G20 status and outlook - Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On – A World of Climate Promises Not Yet Delivered
(2021)This chapter reviews the current status of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as the outlook for 2030 emissions under new or updated NDCs and announced mitigation pledges. Furthermore, it reviews progress towards ... -
Chapter 4. The emissions gap - Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On – A World of Climate Promises Not Yet Delivered
(2021)The emissions gap is estimated as the difference between projected global GHG emissions assuming full implementation of the mitigation pledges that countries have made for 2030, and emissions under least-cost pathways ... -
Chapter 1. Introduction - Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On – A World of Climate Promises Not Yet Delivered
(2021)This twelfth edition of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report comes during a year of constant reminders that climate change is not in the distant future. Extreme weather events around the ... -
Chapter 5. Are COVID-19 fiscal recovery measures bridging or extending the emissions gap? - Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On – A World of Climate Promises Not Yet Delivered
(2021)This chapter explores three questions: 1) How could COVID-19 related public spending bridge the emissions gap? 2) What are the characteristics of fiscal rescue and recovery spending to date and how may they impact the ... -
Chapter 3. Net-Zero Emission Targets - Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On – A World of Climate Promises Not Yet Delivered
(2021)This chapter looks at how net-zero emission targets have emerged from the scientific understanding of the climate system and the goals of the Paris Agreement (section 3.2). It sets out the considerations in translating ... -
Chapter 1. Setting the Scene - Adaptation Gap Report 2021: The Gathering Storm - Adapting to Climate Change in a Post-pandemic World
(2021-11)The Adaptation Gap Report 2021 – its sixth edition – is part of a new set of reports launched in 2020 in the run up to the 2023 Global Stocktake. It is structured in three parts: Part I (chapters 3 to 5) assesses national ... -
Appendices - Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window - Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies
(2022-10)This document includes: Appendix A Supplementary material for chapter 2: Global emissions trends; Appendix B Supplementary material for chapter 3: Nationally determined contributions and long-term pledges: The global ...
