UNEP Emissions Gap Reports

The United Nations Emissions Program (UNEP) has prepared a number of reports on the gap between the non-binding pledges that were made during COP 15 (the Copenhagen Agreement) and the maximum temperature rise of 2oC that was the objective of the pledges.

The UNEP Emissions Gap Report was prepared for COP 16 (Cancun) but the Appendices were released later.

UNEP Emissions Gap Report: Are the Copenhagen Accord pledges sufficient to limit global warming to 2° C or 1.5° C? (PDF) (945KB)

Appendix 1: Further detail on the four pledge cases and the differences between estimates (PDF) (134KB)

Appendix 2: Detailed information about countries’ pledges (PDF) (1.6MB)

Appendix 3: Detailed information about the studies reviewed and modelling approach (PDF) (1MB)

For COP 17(Durban) UNEP published Bridging the Emissions Gap: A UNEP Synthesis Report (PDF) (1.8MB)