Emissions and Adaptation Gaps: Can we bridge the cracks in climate policy?: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - February 2014

United Nations Environment Programme

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.coverage.spatial	Global
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T20:06:16Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T20:06:16Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8578
dc.description	On May 9, 2013, the daily mean concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) at Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii surpassed 400 parts per million the highest recorded level since measurements began in 1958 (Figure 1). Since then, seasonally corrected monthly mean concentrations of CO2 have continued to rise. The emissions gap the difference between the emissions reductions pledged by parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the reductions needed to stay within two degrees Celsius (2C) warming is increasing. With it, the adaptation gap the difference between the level of funding and the capacities needed for adaptation and the amount committed to the task is also increasing1. In order to bridge these gaps, it is critical to fill holes in funding, knowledge, technology, capacity and trust.
dc.language	English
dc.rights	Public	en_US
dc.subject	Climate Change
dc.subject	Climate Change Adaptation
dc.subject	Climate Change Mitigation
dc.subject	Emission
dc.subject	Emission Control
dc.subject	Emission Factor
dc.subject	Emission Forecast
dc.subject	Emission Reduction
dc.subject	Emission Source
dc.subject	Mitigation Measure
dc.subject	Atmospheric Composition
dc.subject	Atmospheric Emission
dc.subject	Atmospheric Monitoring
dc.subject	Energy Conservation
dc.subject	Energy Management
dc.subject	Energy Resource
dc.subject	Non-Renewable Energy Resource
dc.subject	Renewable Energy Source;
dc.subject.classification	Climate Change
dc.title	Emissions and Adaptation Gaps: Can we bridge the cracks in climate policy?: UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - February 2014
dc.type	Reports, Books and Booklets
wd.identifier.old-id	9428
wd.identifier.sdg	SDG 13 - Climate Action
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000047