Not exact matches
And although companies are
pledging to do more than ever to reduce
emissions, «disparity [exists]
between companies» strategies, targets and the
emissions reductions» that climate scientists say will be necessary to limit the rise in average global temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius.
The numerous rules will address issues such as how countries will track and report their
emissions and have them verified, all in a transparent way; how countries will be required to communicate their future
emissions -
reduction plans as well as their
pledges for funding adaptation efforts; and if and how market mechanisms, such as
emissions trading
between countries, will be applied to national targets.
Three major gaps can and must be bridged in the remaining time: the gap
between current
emission reduction pledges and the science; the gap
between the finances on the table and the need in developing countries; and — perhaps most critically — the gap
between nations where trust must be forged.
This «
emissions gap»
between the
reductions pledged and those needed to keep the climate under control is growing larger, based on new data to be released this week by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Hare's group.
Of particular interest to the ambition question is the gap in 2020
between emission levels consistent with the 2 °C climate target and
emissions levels projected if country
reduction pledges are fulfilled.
Meanwhile, the gap is widening
between the amount of
emissions reductions countries have
pledged and the amount needed to avoid perilous tipping points.
The gap
between the Paris temperature goals and the current policy scenario is higher still, given that many countries are not yet on track to achieve their
emissions -
reduction pledges, but this is to be expected given that
pledges extending to 2030 are still fairly new.
Business also has a critical role to play in closing the gap
between the efforts
pledged by governments and the
emission reductions required.
The disconnect
between rhetoric and reality in US News & World Report: The goal of the Paris climate agreement to keep warming below 2 °C, and to 1.5 °C if possible, does not jibe with the actual
emissions reductions pledged in the agreement.
Cancun actually provided a much needed confidence boost in this respect, even if there still is a «gigaton gap»
between the combined
emission reduction pledges of the Cancun agreement and the officially accepted 2 degree target.
For Immediate Release: Paris Agreement
Pledges Must Be Strengthened in Next Few Years to Limit Warming to 2 °C Nations need to significantly strengthen the Paris pledges for emissions reductions between now and 2030 in order to limit projected warming below 2 °C (3.6 °F), according to new analysis released from Climate Interactive and MIT
Pledges Must Be Strengthened in Next Few Years to Limit Warming to 2 °C Nations need to significantly strengthen the Paris
pledges for emissions reductions between now and 2030 in order to limit projected warming below 2 °C (3.6 °F), according to new analysis released from Climate Interactive and MIT
pledges for
emissions reductions between now and 2030 in order to limit projected warming below 2 °C (3.6 °F), according to new analysis released from Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan.
Over the past several years, scientific analyses have clearly demonstrated that there is a large «
emissions gap»
between the
reductions in global warming pollution that are needed and the
reductions that countries have
pledged to make.