In the context of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP flagship Emissions Gap Report 2019 c...........

Environment and Ecology (Easy) Envirnment and Climate Change

In the context of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) flagship Emissions Gap Report 2019, consider the following statements:

(1) G20 nations collectively account for 78 per cent of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

(2) The global GHG emission should fall by 7.6 per cent each year from 2020 to 2030 to meet the 1.5°C Paris climate agreement target.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1 only

2 only

Both 1 and 2

Neither 1 nor 2

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Explanation:

The Emission Gap is also called the commitment gap. It measures the gap between what we need to do and what we are doing to tackle climate change. It measures the pace at which emissions must be reduced to reach an emission low that would limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C.