CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -The Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On is the 12th edition in an annual series that provides an overview of the difference between where greenhouse emissions are predicted to be in 2030 and where they should be to avert the worst impacts of climate change.

Detailed explanation-2: -UNEP’s Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat Is On (EGR 2021), released ahead of COP26, found that Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) leave the world on track for a global temperature rise of at least 2.7˚C this century. If net-zero pledges were implemented, this rise would fall to 2.2˚C.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ahead of COP27, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a report titled ‘Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window - Climate Crisis Calls for Rapid Transformation of Societies’. This is the 13th edition of the UNEP Emissions Gap Report.

Detailed explanation-4: -Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies The Emissions Gap Report 2022 finds that the world must cut emissions by 45 per cent to avoid global catastrophe. Solutions to transform societies exist, but the time for collective, multilateral action is now.

Detailed explanation-5: -The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will launch the 2022 edition of the Emissions Gap Report: The Closing Window - Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies in a virtual press conference in the lead up to the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27).