• Overview

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).

The report provides an update on global emissions pathways and progress towards achieving national mitigation pledges and the Paris Agreement goals, as well as the resulting “emissions gap.” 

When: Thursday 27 October 2022; 7:00am EDT/ 2:00pm EAT/ 1:00pm CEST

Where: UNEP YouTube Live | UN Web TV

Duration: 45 minutes

Panelists:

  • Inger Andersen, Executive Director, (UNEP)
  • Petteri Taalas, Secretary General, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
  • Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
  • Anne Olhoff, Chief Scientific Editor of the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2022 (UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre)