Launch of 2019 Emissions Gap report of the UN Environment Programme

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The UN Environment Programme will launch its flagship 2019 Emissions Gap Report during a press event at 09:15 a.m. (CET) on 26 November at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. The media launch will be livestreamed at webtv.un.org.

The flagship report provides the latest accounting of national mitigation efforts and the ambitions countries have presented in their Nationally Determined Contributions, which form the foundation of the Paris Agreement

Released in the lead up to COP25 in Spain where parties to the Paris Agreement will meet to review their pledges, UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report serves as the world’s definitive benchmark for global progress towards the 2°C / 1.5° target. The key messages from the 2019 Emissions Gap Report send strong signals to national governments and to parties attending COP25, and, along with the recent United in Science report, these messages provide important support to their discussions.

For more information:

Keisha Rukikaire rukikaire@un.org or Moses Osani moses.osani@un.org

In Brussels: Alexa Froger alexa.froger@un.org or tel 02.213 30 59