The 2015 emissions gap report unep, 2015 undertook a thorough assessment of the aggregate effect of the indcs on global greenhouse gas emissions in 2025 and 2030, based on the indcs submitted by 1 october 2015. To help answer this question unep and the scientific community have published a series of reports on the emissions gap since 2010. The unep report singles out a particularly prominent one restoring forests in developing countries could close the 2030 emissions gap by as much as 9 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalents, at. Conference of the parties cop 21 in december 2015, represents a major. Will the pledges made by countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions be sufficient to achieve the 2. Emissions are shown in gigatons co2equivalent per year.
Published by the united nations environment programme unep, november 2015. The unep emissions gap reports, with the tenth edition being published this november, assess the latest scientific studies on current and estimated future greenhouse gas emissions. It also calls for efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1. Current commitments expressed in the ndcs are inadequate to bridge the emissions gap in 2030. As the world strives to cut greenhouse gas emissions and limit climate change, it is crucial to track progress towards globally agreed climate. Calculating the gap between between where emissions seem to be heading under the copenhagen accord pledges and where they would need to be to achieve the temperature limits of 1. Countryspecific findings 63 united states of america the usa intends to reduce net ghg emissions by 2628 per. Emissions gap report 2019 united nations environment. A new assessment from unep united nations environment programme the emission gap report. The executive summary of the unep emissions gap report 2018 starts on the pdf page 14 of 112, numbered page xiv. Assessment of the aggregate effect on emission levels.
The 2016 adaptation finance gap report states that private finance in the form of debt, equity and insurance products could help scale up financing. Released today, the unep emissions gap report 2015 finds that intended nationally determined contributions indcs signal unprecedented momentum for climate agreement in paris, but achieving 2 degree objective contingent upon enhanced ambition in future years. Emissions gap report the goal of the paris agreement on climate change, as agreed at the conference of the parties in 2015, is to keep global temperature rise this century to well below 2 degrees celsius above preindustrial levels. This co 2 report 2015 is one in a series of annual publications by pbl netherlands environmental assessment agency and the european commissions joint research centre jrc. New scenarios concerted action from 2010 can be done without. Vi emissions gap report 2018 acknowledgements chapter 7 lead authors. The commitments countries are making to reduce their emissions and the impact these commitments are likely to have on overall emission reduction. The trajectories for the two target levels are similar in many.
Kelly sims gallagher tufts university, anna geddes eth zurich, ping huang. The emissis a ert 1 united nations environment programme. A unep synthesis report find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. For starters, unep will update its analysis on the eve of paris, to take account of any late indc submissions. Get the numbers on global emissions in latest unep report. The emissions gap report 2016 unep document repository home. The paris agreement adopted in 2015 set the specific goal. The emissions gap report 2015 world environment situation room. Executive summary united nations environment programme. Emissions gap report partnership on transparency in the.
The 2015 emissions gap report will not be the last word on the impact of climate pledges submitted this year, in advance of the paris summit in december. Like in the previous reports, this years report then compares the resulting emission level in 2030 with what science tells us is required to be on track towards. Is there a reality gap in the unep emissions gap report. As the world strives to cut greenhouse gas emissions and limit climate change, it is crucial to track progress towards globally agreed climate goals. The emissions gap report 2015 executive summary 3 the median emission level in 2030 in scenarios that have a 66 per cent chance of keeping temperature increase to below 2 c by the end of the century is 42 gtco 2 e range. The emissions gap report 2015 published on dec 4, 2015 the emissions gap report provides a scientific assessment of the impacts of the submitted intended nationally determined contributions indc. The emissions gap report 2015 scoping the 2015 report. The emission gap report 2016 a unep synthesis report dtu orbit. Unep chief scientist, jacqueline mcglade, presents the key. Landmark united in science report informs climate action. The emissions gap report 2015 a unep synthesis report isbn. The amount of emissions of co2 released per unit of.
The amount of greenhouse gas emissions every year up to 2030. Indcs projected to reduce emissions in 2030 by up to 6 gigatonnes but additional 12. The united nations environment programme unep on 6 november will release the findings of its authoritative and highly anticipated emissions gap report, which each year looks at how the world is. The sixth unep emissions gap report provides a scientific assessment of the impacts of the submitted intended nationally determined contributions indcs on anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases. The emissions gap reports and new aspects included in 2017. Annual emissions by country are shown in the unep figure below, both for all greenhouse gases left and co2 emissions from fossilfuel use right. The emissions gap report 2012 universiteit utrecht. A main input to the gap report has been the climate action. According to a tenyear summary of unep emission gap reports.
Gap 14 gtco 2 e the gap conditional indc case gap 12 gtco 2 e the indcs present a real increase in the ambition level compared to a projection of current policies. The unep emissions gap report 2017 has a graphic showing estimates of emissions before 1. Applications for such permission, with a statement of the purpose and extent of the reproduction, should be addressed to the director, communication division, unep, p. The emissions are of all greenhouse gas emissions, expressed in billions of tonnes of co2 equivalents. The emissions gap report measures and projects three key trendlines. The emissions gap in both 2025 and 2030 will be very significant and ambitions will need to be. Unep report highlights gap between global emissions and 2. Unep emissions gap report full version capacity4dev. Pdf on dec 1, 2015, anne olhoff and others published the emissions gap report 2015. United nations environment programme unep emissions gap. A unep synthesis report this guidance document includes an assessment of the emissions associated with the nationally determined contributions and current policies of each of the g20 members, including the european union.
To catalyse widespread action on adaptation, governments will need to help identify major players from the private sector who are interested in investment opportunities brought about by ecosystem. Unep warns for a more than 3degree temperature increase. Although this is a very substantial potential contribution by one single technology, it falls within the uncertainty range for the total emission reduction potential indicated in table 4. United nations environment programme unep, nairobi. The sixth unep emissions gap report provides a scientific assessment of the impacts of the submitted intended nationally determined. Mariana mazzucato ucl institute for innovation and public purpose, gregor semieniuk soas university of london contributing authors. For a decade, unep s emissions gap report has compared where greenhouse gas emissions are heading against where they need to be, and highlighted the best ways to close the gap. The emissions gap report 2014 newclimate institute.
The emissions gap report 20 a unep synthesis report. The latest unep emissions gap report egr has been criticized for 1 maintaining that we can still keep global mean temperature increase below 2 degrees, although actual emissions are still rising, and not peaking by 2020 as considered necessary by science earlier, 2 for making very challenging assumptions for possible future emission reductions, in particular through. Climate change united nations environment programme. Emissions gap report 2019 iv executive summary emissions gap report 2019 introduction this is the tenthedition of the united nations environment programme unep emissions gap report.