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UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2025: Key Findings and Numbers

6 November 20251 min read
REPORTS & INDEXESUNEP EmissionsGap Report 2025:Key Findings andNumbers6 November 2025safalsetu.com

Why in the news

UNEP issued the report before COP30 in Belem, warning that Paris Agreement goals are slipping.

Key facts

  • Growth rate is nearly four times the 2010s average of 0.6%.
  • Global per capita average: 6.4 tons CO2e; India and Indonesia are below it.
Country2024 change
India+3.6%, biggest absolute rise
Indonesia+4.6%, fastest rate
China+0.5%

Warming outlook

  • Current pledges: 2.3-2.5 degrees C by 2100; updated pledges 2.6-2.8 degrees C.
  • Business as usual: up to 2.8 degrees C.

Implications

  • India’s rise reflects growth and coal power; calls for renewables, climate finance and technology transfer.

Exam angle

  • Publisher: UNEP; chief: Inger Andersen.

Test yourself

1. Which body publishes the Emissions Gap Report released ahead of COP30 in Belem?

The report is UNEP's Emissions Gap Report 2025.

2. What was the record level of global GHG emissions in 2024 according to the UNEP report?

Emissions rose 2.3% to 57.7 GtCO2e.

3. Which major emitter was the only one to reduce emissions in 2024, per the UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2025?

The notes state the EU alone cut emissions.

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