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Since China, USA, EU28, India, Russia and Japan are the world’s largest GHG emitters (pdf) - accounting for some 65% of total GHG emissions -...

Continued high GHG emissions would lead to mostly negative impacts for biodiversity, ecosystem services and economic development and amplify risks for livelihoods and for food and human security...

Even with current technologies and without prohibitive investments, there are potential pathways to reducing CO2 emissions and reducing Ecological Footprint, shows studies by Project Drawdown...

According to the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCP) developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change..

Source: Fossil CO2 and GHG emissions of all world countries, JRC, 2017.

Source: EPSC strategic note, Financing Sustainability: triggering Investments for the Clean Economy, Issue 25 (2017)

Renewables would account for half of total emissions reductions in 2050, with another 45% coming from increased energy efficiency and electrification CO2 emissions include energy-related emissions...

Global greenhouse gas emissions under different scenarios and the emissions gap in 2030, median estimate and 10th to 90th percentile range. Source: UNEP, (2017), The Emissions...