Climate Commitments of Subnational Actors and Business : A Qunatitative Assessment of their Emission Reduction Impact / UNEP.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United Nations Environment Programme.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environment and Climate Change.

Local Subjects:

Environment and Climate Change.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (50 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2016.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This report present a quantitative assessment of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions mitigation impact in 2020 of current non-state climate action. Its focus is initiatives with the potential to be large scale. The report predicts that over the next few years, new targets for the post 2020 period will be agreed by existing and new members of initiatives. Thus any quantification now for post 2020 would likely lead to an underestimate of the contribution from initiatives. The total calculated impact represents the GHG emission reduction and takes into account overlaps between initiatives. It also estimates to what extent the emission reductions are additional to those achieved through climate action of national governments.

Contents:

Acronyms

Glossary

Acknowledgements

Executive summary

Introduction

Non-state climate initiatives

Methodology

Company initiatives

Initiatives of cities and regions

Sectoral initiatives

Overlap analysis

Conclusion

References

List of major non-state initiatives quantified in this study

Specific methodologies and assumptions for the quantification of the selected initiatives.

ISBN:

9789210602327

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.