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As climate change negotiations progressed, researchers examined how and why some adaptation actions go awry, particularly those actions that waste substantial amounts of human,...

Anthropogenic climate change is underway and will continue for the foreseeable future. It is manifesting more rapidly and more intensely than many expected.1,2 The most recent...

Phenological mismatches have been detected through detailed studies on reproduction, pollination, survival and migration across a wide range of species (Renner and Zohner 2018;...

Each edition of the Frontiers report introduces selected emerging environmental issues that present distinct challenges and require tailored solutions. These issues have...

If the temperature increase is to be kept well below 2°C by 2100, the global economy must undergo rapid decarbonization.

The chapter provides a detailed review of greenhouse gas emission reduction potentials in 2030 for key economic sectors. Sectoral emission reduction potentials, also called...

The assessment builds on all available information, including that reviewed by the IPCC in its fifth assessment report, as well as more recent scientific studies. The assessment...

This chapter provides an update, based on the latest available scientific literature, on trends in global emissions and progress towards the G20 members meeting their Cancun...

The eighth UN Environment Emissions Gap Report provides an up-to-date scientific assessment of the global progress towards the emissions reductions required to be on track to...

This Technical Annex to Chapter 3 of the 2016 UNEP Emissions Gap Report provides technical background to the computations supporting the discussion in the chapter. It reproduces...

This document includes: Appendix A Supplementary material for chapter 2: Global emissions trends; Appendix B Supplementary material for chapter 3: Nationally determined...

UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2021 finds that annual greenhouse gas emissions need to almost halve by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5°C, but the updated Nationally Determined...

UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2021 finds that annual greenhouse gas emissions need to almost halve by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5°C, but the updated Nationally Determined...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...