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- Publication 16 August 2021 Development based climate change adaptation and mitigation - conceptual issues and lessons learned in studies in developing countries
- Publication 16 August 2021 The Adaptation Finance Gap Report UNEP’s Adaptation Gap Report series focuses on Finance, Technology and Knowledge gaps in climate change adaptation. It compliments the Emissions Gap Report series, and explores the implications of failing to close the emissions gap. The report builds on a 2014 assessment by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), which laid out the concept of ‘adaptation gaps’ and outlined three such gaps: technology, finance and knowledge. The 2016 Adaptation Gap Report assesses the difference between…
- Publication 16 August 2021 The Emissions Gap Report 2015 Following the historic signing of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this sixth edition of the UNEP Emissions Gap Report comes as world leaders start gathering in Paris to establish a new agreement on climate change. The report offers an independent assessment of the mitigation contributions from the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) committed to by 1 October 2015, by the 146 countries that account for around 90 per cent of global emissions. It compares the 2030…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Achieving health benefits from carbon reductions: Manual for CaRBonH calculation tool The Carbon Reduction Benefits on Health (CaRBonH) calculation tool allows quantification of the physical and economic consequences for human health achieved through improvements in country-level air quality from domestic carbon reductions, specifically policy mitigation actions and measures as reported in the NDCs submitted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in support of the objectives as set out in Article 2 of the Convention.
- Publication 16 August 2021 Emissions Gap Report 2018 This is the 9th edition of the UN Environment Emissions Gap Report. It 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 on a least-cost pathway to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. This difference between “where we are likely to be and where we need to be” is known as the ‘emissions gap’. As in previous years, the report explores some of the most important…
- Publication 16 August 2021 The Climate Initiatives Platform: Towards Greater Transparency in International Cooperative Climate Initiatives (ICIs) If the Paris Agreement is to be implemented successfully, it is crucial that all actors step up their actions, including non-state actors such as businesses, cities, regions and investors. Transparency is crucial but still largely missing from the drive to report on current actions and scale them up. The Climate Initiatives Platform (CIP) is a vital transparency tool for international cooperative climate initiatives, so called ICIs, driven by non-state actors. The CIP provides open-source data…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Developing the business case for adaptation in agriculture: case studies from the Adaptation Mitigation Readiness Project Agriculture-dependent Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are a vital part of developing country economies and are often the first to experience the impacts of climate change. Lack of access to finance is a well-known challengeto MSME growth and productivity in the agricultural sector in general. This study argues that the process of building a solid business case by MSMEs is a critical precursor to accessing lending systems or attracting financial investment opportunities for…
- Publication 16 August 2021 Bridging the Emissions Gap: The Role of Non-state and Subnational actors-Pre-release version of a chapter of the forthcoming UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2018 This publication is a pre-release version of a chapter in the forthcoming UN Environment Emissions Gap Report 2018. It provides an assessment of the role and potential impact of mitigation actions by non-state and subnational actors such as cities, states, regions, companies, investors and foundations.