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    • Bridging the emissions gap: a UNEP synthesis report 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2011)
      This report explains to decision-makers and stakeholders the range of potential options available to close the emissions gap in 2020. It includes a package of ideas beginning with the big picture from the modeling community, ...
    • The Emissions Gap Report 2015: A UNEP Synthesis Report [Advance Copy] 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2015)
      This sixth UNEP Emissions Gap Report provides a scientific assessment of the mitigation contributions from the submitted INDCs. As in the previous reports, it then compares the resulting emission levels in 2030 with what ...
    • The Emissions Gap Report 2016: A UNEP Synthesis Report 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2016)
      In line with previous reports, the objective of the 2016 Emissions Gap Report is to provide an up-to-date scientific assessment of the global progress towards the emissions reductions required to be on track to meet the ...
    • The Emissions Gap Report 2017: A UN Environment Synthesis Report 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2017)
      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 meet the long-term goal of the United Nations ...
    • Emissions Gap Report 2018 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2018-11)
      This 9th edition of the Emissions Gap Report assesses the latest scientific studies on current and estimated future greenhouse gas emissions and compares these with the emission levels permissible for the world to progress ...
    • Emissions Gap Report 2019 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2019)
      This tenth edition of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report provides the latest assessment of scientific studies on current and estimated future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and compares ...
    • Global Environment Outlook 3 (GEO-3): Past, Present and Future Perspectives 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2003)
      The report presents a global overview and also directs a spotlight onto two or three key issues that are considered paramount in each of the seven regional arenas under each of eight environmental themes in turn: land, ...
    • Global Environment Outlook 4 (GEO-4): Environment for Development 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2007)
      The fourth report in the Global Environment Outlook (GEO) series from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) provides a comprehensive, scientifically credible, policy-relevant and up-to-date assessment of, and ...
    • Global Environment Outlook 5 (GEO 5): Environment for the Future We Want 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2012)
      In 1995, in support of UNEPs unique mandate within the UN system to keep under review the world environmental situation, (GA resolution 2997 of December 1972), the UNEP Governing Council requested a new, comprehensive ...
    • Global Environment Outlook – GEO-6: Healthy Planet, Healthy People 

      United Nations Environment Programme (Cambridge University Press, 2019)
      UN Environment’s sixth Global Environment Outlook (2019) calls on decision makers to take immediate action to address pressing environmental issues to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals as well as other Internationally ...
    • Global Environment Outlook: For Life on Earth 

      United Nations Environment Programme (Oxford University Press, 1997)
      This volume-GE0-1- is the first product of the GEO Project. It provides a snapshot of a process in the making and aims to move the process along by documenting its progress. The principal focus of GE0-1 is a review of ...
    • Global Waste Management Outlook 

      United Nations Environment Programme; International Waste Management Association (2015)
      The Global Waste Management Outlook, a collective effort of the United Nations Environment Programme and the International Waste Management Association, is a pioneering scientific global assessment on the state of waste ...
    • INCLUSIVE WEALTH AFRICA 2023 

      United Nations Environment Programme; Franklin Mutua (UNEP, 2023-11-10)
      The Inclusive Wealth Report: Africa (IWR Africa) is a effort led by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to evaluate national capacities and performance in terms of measuring economic sustainability and well-being. ...
    • The Emissions Gap Report 2012: A UNEP Synthesis Report 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2012)
      This report reviews a number of successful policy actions that have been effective in substantially reducing emissions at the national level. For example, appliance standards, performance standards for vehicles, and economic ...
    • The Emissions Gap Report 2013: A UNEP Synthesis Report 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2013)
      The emissions gap in 2020 is the difference between emission levels in 2020 consistent with meeting climate targets, and levels expected in that year if country pledges and commitments are met. As it becomes less and less ...
    • The Emissions Gap Report 2014: A UNEP Synthesis Report 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2014)
      Over the past four years the “emissions gap” series published by the United Nations Environment Programme has analysed the size of the gap and has provided insights on options to close it. This fifth report provides an ...
    • The Emissions Gap Report: Are the Copenhagen Accord Pledges Sufficient to Limit Global Warming to 2c or 1.5c 

      United Nations Environment Programme (2010)
      This publication aims to assess the following questions: are countries' pledges of action collectively consistent with and, if implemented, likely to achieve the 2C and 1.5C temperature goals If not, how big is the gap ...