Publication vom 06.11.2017
International Climate Initiatives – A way forward to close the emissions gap? Initiatives’ potential and role under the Paris Agreement
… Initiatives’ potential and role under the Paris Agreement Final Report In December 2015 Parties adopted the Paris Agreement at the 21st session of the United Nations … below 2°C above pre-industrial levels” and to pursue to limit it to 1.5°C (UNFCCC 2015). The UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2016 showed that a gap of 14 GtCO2e exists for … (INDCs) and a pathway compatible with holding temperature increase below 2°C (UNEP 2015b). Based on an analysis of 174 initiatives the study analyses the potential …