Special Event: The Emissions Gap Report 2022

When: 15 November 2022; 13:15 – 14:45 PM (GMT +2)

Where: Action Room 1 (Ibis) (Blue Zone), Sharm el-Sheikh | Webcast live

Organisers: UNEP and UNFCCC

What:The UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2022: The Closing Window — Climate crisis calls for rapid transformation of societies provides an updated assessment of the gap between where we are heading in terms of global GHG emissions and where we need to be in 2030 to get on track towards the temperature goal of the Paris Agreement. This year’s report emphasizes the urgency of transformation, with a specific focus on key sectors, food systems and financial systems. 

This joint UNFCCC and UNEP special event features high-level opening remarks and a presentation of the key findings of the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2022. This is followed by a panel discussion on the transformations needed to keep the Paris Agreement temperature goal alive, whether there are any signs that these transformations are taking off and how they can be accelerated.

Participation:   

• Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
• Mr. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• H.E. Mr. Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt and President-designate of the 27th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP27) of the UNFCCC - to be confirmed
• Ms. Anne Olhoff, Chief Scientific Editor of the Emissions Gap Report 2022, CONCITO – Denmark’s Green Think Tank
• Mr. Bernd Hackmann, Team Lead of the NDC Unit, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
• Ms. Mandy Rambharos, former General Manager of Just Energy Transition Eskom, Vice President of Global Climate Cooperation, Environmental Defense Fund
• Ms. Deepa Pullanikkatil, Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Coordinator for Eswatini
• Mr. Niklas Höhne, Emissions Gap Report 2022 Author, NewClimate Institute
• Ms. Kelly Levin, Emissions Gap Report 2022 Author, Bezos Earth Fund
• Ms. Taryn Fransen, Emissions Gap Report 2022 Author, World Resources Institute
• Mr. Giacomo Grassi, Emissions Gap Report 2022 Author, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC)

Virtual participants:

• Mr. Dipak Dasgupta, Emissions Gap Report 2022 Author, The Energy and Resources Institute – TERI, India
• Mr. Shenggen Fan, Emissions Gap Report 2022 Author, China Agricultural University
• Mr. Michel den Elzen, Emissions Gap Report 2022 Author, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
• Mr. Takeshi Kuramochi, Emissions Gap Report 2022 Author, NewClimate Institute

Moderators:

• Part 1, moderated by Ms. Rose Mwebaza, Director, Climate Technology Centre and Network, United Nations Environment Programme
• Part 2, moderated by Ms. Anne Olhoff, Chief Scientific Editor of the Emissions Gap Report 2022

Useful links: 

UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2022

UNFCCC NDC Synthesis Report