"Unabated emissions" refers to the continuous release of pollutants or harmful substances without any decrease or control. It means the emissions are not being reduced or stopped. Full definition
Why does «same as it ever was» keep coming to mind when examining the responses of America's elected «leaders» to durable challenges — whether confronting deficits and the debt, the glaring lack of alternatives to oil and the risks posed by unabated emissions of greenhouse gases. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
This choice, they say, is the sea level rise «locked in» by the two warming scenarios: the target of two degrees Celsius vs. the sea level rise associated with unabated emissions and four degrees warming by the end of the century. (sciencenordic.com)
So it's utterly unremarkable to find 49 people, including astronauts and engineers, who would publicly reject James Hansen's view of the dangers posed by unabated emissions of carbon dioxide, or the Obama administration's approach to the space agency's research programs, news releases and other forms of public output on climate, which is markedly different than that of the last Bush administration. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)