The Emissions Gap Report

Short Summary of Resource
This report presents an assessment of current national mitigation efforts and the ambitions countries have presented in their Nationally Determined Contributions, which form the foundation of the Paris Agreement.
Detailed description of the resource
The report has been prepared by an international teamof leading scientists, assessing all available information, including that reviewed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), as well as more recent scientific studies.
Keywords
CLIMATE AND WEATHER Greenhouse gases
Content Owners / Rights Holders
United Nations Environment Programme
Date of Publication
2017
Type of Resource
Report
Format of Resource
pdf
Relevant Sector
ALL sectors
Geographical Scope
International
Relevant LG Functional Area
ALL local government functions
Council Type
ALL council types
URL / DOI for resource access
https://wedocs.unep.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/22070/EGR_2017.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1
Relevant Governance Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions