Emissions gap report,2020 UNEP

Question 1

annual report from UNEP measures?

Answer 1

“the gap between anticipated emissions and levels consistent with the Paris Agreement goals of limiting global warming this century to well below 2°C and pursuing 1.5°C”.

Question 2

What is said about 2020 in this report?

Answer 2

2020 is on course to be one of the warmest on record, while wildfires, storms and droughts continue to wreak havoc.

Question 3

What are the other broad findings?

Answer 3

1. Record high GHG emissions
2. Record carbon emission
3. Forest fires increasing GHG emissions
4. G20 countries account for bulk of emissions
5. “There is some indication that the growth in global GHG emissions is slowing. However, GHG emissions are declining in Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) economies and increasing in non-OECD economies.
6. CO2 emissions could decrease by about 7 per cent in 2020 (range: 2–12 per cent) compared with 2019 emission levels due to COVID-19
7. Although CO2 emissions will decrease in 2020, the resulting atmospheric concentrations of major GHGs (CO2, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)) continued to increase in both 2019 and 2020.

Question 4

Other findings

Answer 4

includes India among nine G20 members who are on track to achieve
their unconditional commitments under the Paris pact,based on pre-COVID-19 projections.

Question 5

India specific finding

Answer 5

India has reduced the emissions intensity by 21% over 2005 levels(The goal is between 33% and 35% of GDP by 2030)