The UN Emissions Gap Report provides an annual review of the difference between where greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are predicted to be in 2030 and where they should be to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

The 2020 report has now been published and despite showing a reduction in GHG emission from the COVID-19 global pandemic and resultant slowdown in economic activity, this has made no significant difference to climate change and we are still heading for a catastrophic temperature rise above 3°C this century.

The time for action is now. We can no longer continue operating without Net-Zero targets for all organisations and governments. As the world looks to COP26 next week, we desperately need action from our leaders to help turn the tide on global temperature rise. We sit in hopeful anticipation……

Read the Emissions Gap Report here https://www.unep.org/interactive/emissions-gap-report/2020/