The new UNEP Emissions Gap report shows that the gap between what countries have committed to and whats needed to limit warming to below 2C has slightly shrunk, but many commitments are still "weak promises, not yet delivered". My latest @CarbonBrief: carbonbrief.org/unep-current-c… 1/6 
Despite stronger climate policy and higher ambition in the latest national pledges, there is still a large gap between near-term commitments under the Paris Agreement and what would be needed to limit warming to well-below 2C and aim for below 1.5C. 2/
UNEP finds that while 121 countries updated NDCs under the terms of the Paris Agreement in the lead-up to the COP26 summit in Glasgow, the effect of these is relatively limited – new pledges are cut global GHG emissions in 2030 by about 2.9bn tonnes of CO2eq. 3/
To put the world on track for below 2C warming by 2100, countries must commit to reduce emissions by an additional 11-13 GtCO2e by 2030, it says, and by 25-28 GtCO2e for 1.5C. 4/
Last year, UNEP had highlighted hopes of a “green recovery” from Covid-19, but this has largely failed to materialise, the report finds. While global emissions will likely remain below their 2019 peak in 2021, the difference will be relatively small (likely around 1% lower). 5/
With each year that emissions increase or remain flat, the 1.5C goal is slipping further out of reach, UNEP says. Limiting global warming to the “well below” 2C goal is also becoming more difficult with every passing year in which emissions continue to grow. 6/
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