Climate change risk assessment 2021
At COP26, the governments of highly emitting countries will have a critical opportunity to accelerate emissions reductions through ambitious revisions of their nationally determined contributions (NDCs).
Emission Targets
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Hot spots for renewable heat: decarbonizing low- to medium-temperature industrial heat across the G-20
Demand for industrial products has risen considerably in the past two decades, along with energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Process heat in industry accounts for 29% of global final energy demand,
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Climate governance: assessing governments’ ability and readiness to transform their countries into zero emissions societies
As part of the Climate Governance Series, a framework has been developed for assessing countries’ readiness, from an institutional and governance point of view, to ratchet up climate policy and implement
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Enhancing carbon pricing and international carbon market readiness through the mitigation action assessment protocol: summary report
Putting a price on carbon can be an indispensable part of a country’s strategy to reduce emissions in an efficient way. Furthermore, putting a price on carbon through international carbon markets can also
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Cutting emissions through fossil fuel subsidy reform and taxation
This report models the climate change mitigation potential of fossil fuel subsidy reform across 32 countries. The results show how much greenhouse gas emissions - both in per cent as well as in absolute
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Reaching zero with renewables: biojet fuels
With international travel increasing post COVID-19 and the world looking to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the aviation sector needs to make reductions in its carbon emissions. Although aviation
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Evaluation methodology for national net zero targets
Since the adoption of the Paris Agreement and the release of the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C, a growing number of countries have committed to net zero emissions targets. As of June
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Taking the temperature: assessing and scaling-up climate ambition in the G7 business sector
This new report from the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), prepared by CDP and the UN Global Compact, takes stock of corporate climate ambition in G7 countries, assessing the temperature ratings
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Exploring the trade-offs in different paths to reduce transport and heating emissions in Europe
European member states agreed in December 2020 to an increased climate target for 2030 of -55% net emissions reductions. In July, the European Commission will propose an update of the EU’s key climate
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Net Zero by 2050: A roadmap for the global energy system
<p>This report by the International Energy Agency offers world's first comprehensive roadmap for transitioning to a net zero energy system by 2050. It includes more than 400 milestones that set out how governments and businesses could navigate the rapid transformation of the global economy</p>