Tag: Emissions Gap Report
Green pandemic recovery essential to close climate action gap
2020 Emissions Gap Report says right policies could cut a quarter of 2030 emissions, getting us close to Paris Agreement goals
December 9th, 2020
The world has ten years to halve emissions
A decade of insufficient political climate action means that we face a greater challenge with less time to overcome it.
March 5th, 2020
2019: A year of change and action
As the end of 2019 draws near, UNEP DTU Partnership would like to thank our partners in all sectors for all your efforts and collaboration in the last year. Together we have created and supported projects and research that brings us closer to a climate-resilient world for future generations, where developing countries prosper using low carbon energy sources in the […]
December 30th, 2019
Annual 7% decrease in emissions needed for next decade
If we are to reach global climate goals ambition must climb at least five-fold, the new Emissions Gap Report shows. Currently we are heading for a temperature rise of 3.2 °C.
November 26th, 2019
UNEP DTU Partnership contributes to the science behind climate action
Research from UNEP DTU Partnership is part of the science behind the policy decisions, as world leaders meet to increase the ambition for climate action in New York.
September 23rd, 2019
From “lost decade” of climate action, hope emerges
New publication looks back at ten years of Emissions Gap Reports and global climate action. The conclusions are bleak.
September 22nd, 2019
G20 nations are lagging in climate action, but have huge opportunities to increase ambition
The G20 is not on track to meet Paris pledges, but technological advances, sub-national action and societal support provide foundation for increased ambition.
September 21st, 2019
UNEP DTU Partnership Director talks collaboration with Ban Ki-Moon
John Christensen gave several lectures as Sustainable Development Professor and met with former the UN General Secretary and the Executive Director of IGEE to discuss future cooperation on climate and SDGs
September 5th, 2019
Nations must triple ambition to reach 2°C target, concludes the new Emissions Gap Report
It is still possible to keep global warming below 2°C, but the technical feasibility of bridging the 1.5°C gap is dwindling as global CO2 emissions reached a new record in 2017.
November 27th, 2018
Surging momentum, shifting burden and missed opportunities in review of non state climate action
Emission Gap Report chapter on global climate action from non-state actors finds a broad spectrum of commitments with potential to support and ultimately outpace governments in their emissions reductions.
September 10th, 2018