Press Conference on 19 November 2014, 10:00 a.m. (EST)/15:00 (GMT)
Venue: The National Press Club, 529, 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor, Washington D.C
Who
Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director
Andrew Steer, President and CEO, World Resources Institute
Joseph Alcamo, Chief Scientific Editor
What
Total greenhouse gas emissions must start falling in the next few years and hit net zero by the second half of the century in order to limit global temperature rise and head off the worst impacts of climate change, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report. As nations prepare to gather in Lima, Peru, for the latest round of negotiations in agreeing a new climate treaty, the fifth edition of the Emissions Gap Report lays out a roadmap for the cuts required to limit global warming to 2°C in this century.
Other Press Launches
Mexico City, Mexico
Date: 19 November 2014
Time: 09:30 (CST)/15:30 (GMT)
Contact: Alejandro Laguna, Tel.: +507 305 3100 or Email: alex.laguna@unep.org
Brussels, Belgium
Date: 19 November 2014
Time: 13:30 pm (CET)/12:30 (GMT)
Contact: Alexa Froger, Tel.: +32 2 213 30 59 or Email: alexa.froger@unep.org
Berlin, Germany
Date: 20 November 2014
Time: 11:30 am (CET)/10:30 (GMT)
Contact: Waiganjo Njoroge, Tel.: +254 723 857 270 or Email: Waiganjo.njoroge@unep.org
New Delhi, India
Date: 21 November 2014
Time: 11:00 am (IST)/05:30 (GMT)
Contact: Satwant Kaur, Tel.: +662 288 2127 or Email: satwant.kaur@unep.org