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BRIDGING THE GAP: SECTORS AND TOPICS COVERED IN THE UN ENVIRONMENT EMISSIONS GAP REPORTS


Bridging the gap: Sectors and topics covered in the UN Environment Emissions Gap Reports


In addition to assessing the emissions gap, the Emissions Gap Reports cover opportunities for bridging the gap. Previous reports have demonstrated how proven policies and measures, if scaled up across countries and regions in terms of ambition, stringency and geographical reach can contribute to bridging the emissions gap, while supporting broader development goals. A summary of key areas and sectors covered in previous reports is provided here.


Previous Emissions Gap Reports are available at http://www.unenvironment.org/emissionsgap.


The Emissions Gap Report 2017 Sectoral greenhouse gas emission reduction potentials in 2030


• Assessment of emission reduction options and GHG mitigation potentials in the agriculture, building, energy, forestry, industry and transport sector.


• Evaluates the potentials for these options to bridge the emissions gap and compares the bottom up analysis with results from Integrated Assessment Models.


Phasing out coal • Assessment of the role of phasing out coal for achievement of the Paris Agreement goal.


• Provides an overview of incentives that can facilitate and incentivize a smooth transition, including portfolios of market, non-market based and complementary instruments such as carbon prices, improved support to grid infrastructures and storage facilities, and de-risking clean investment for financial institutions and governments.


• Assesses policies for managing impacts on workers, coal owners, industry and energy users such as wage subsidies, compensatory subsidies, and redistributive policies.


The role of short-lived climate pollutants


• Synthesizes findings regarding the GHG emission reduction potential of methane, tropospheric ozone, black carbon and hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), as well as sulphur dioxide and organic carbon.


• Assesses the technical potential of measures available via proven technologies in the exploration and distribution of coal, oil and gas, and in the waste sector.


Carbon dioxide removal


• Provides an overview and assessment of natural (biological) options for carbon dioxide removal options such as afforestation, reforestation and soil carbon sequestration.


• Provides an overview and assessment of technological engineering carbon dioxide removal options such as direct air capture, bioenergy combined with carbon dioxide capture and storage (BECCS), Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement and CO2


to Durable Carbon.


The Emissions Gap Report 2016 The role of energy efficiency


• Assesses energy efficiency policies in the building, industry, and transport sectors and the co-benefits that these can provide for governments, businesses and households.


• Considers GHG emissions reductions opportunities through systems thinking and integration, circular and sharing economy as well as advances in information and communication technology.


Sustainable Development Goals and climate change mitigation


• Considers the interaction between Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate change mitigation objectives and identifies areas of synergies and potential trade-offs between different goals and associated targets.


• Outlines key elements of an integrated approach to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the context of climate change to minimize trade-offs and maximize synergies between different objectives.


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