Event: UNEP Roundtable Launch for 3rd Emissions Gap Report
UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report series aims to inform
governments and the global community on how the response to climate change has
progressed and whether the world is on track to meet established climate change
goals. Roundtable discussion for the launch of UNEP’s
3rd Emissions Gap Report is set for Thursday, November 22nd, 2012 at the UN
House in Brussels, a week prior to the UNFCCC COP18 Climate
Change Conference in Doha.
The first
emissions gap report was launched in November 2010. The report was a result
of a partnership between UNEP and individuals from 25 leading research centers.
It evaluates the progress of two pledges from the Copenhagen Accord
of 2009: limiting global temperature rise to 2 degrees centigrade in the
21st Century and promoting the development of a Green Economy. The report’s
analysis focused on where global emissions need to be in the next 10 years in
line with the 2 degrees centigrade limit. The report relayed that if the highest
ambitions of all the countries associated with Copenhagen Accord were to be
implemented and supported, the annual emissions of greenhouse gases could be cut
by an average of 7 gigatons (Gt) of CO2 equivalent by 2020. Without significant
policy changes and implementation from states, emissions could rise to around 56
Gt of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2020. The report emphasized that tackling
climate change is possible if states show significant leadership on climate
change financing, mitigation, and adaptation. It underlined that in order to
have a likely chance of keeping within the 2°C limit this century, emissions in
2020 should not be higher than 44 Gt of CO2 equivalent.
In November, 2001, the second Emissions Gap
Report evaluated the progress of climate-related commitments. The analysis
in this report took into account information from climate modeling centers
working alongside the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It indicated
that the emissions gap had increased from 5 Gt to 6 Gt. However, this second
report maintained an ambitious tone by arguing that greater leadership and
ambition could still bridge the gap and dramatically increase the chances of
avoiding dangerous climate change. Indeed, there was abundant evidence that
emission reductions of between 14 to 20 Gt of CO2 equivalent were possible by 2020 even without significant
technical or financial breakthroughs. This was confirmed by actions across key
sectors ranging from electricity production, industry, and transport to
construction, forestry, agriculture, and waste management.
To attend the launch of the third
emissions gap report, register here
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