United Nations Environment Programme (2026), Emissions Gap Report 2026: The point of return – Urgent emissions cuts needed to come back from overshoot of 1.5°C.

The 2026 Emissions Gap Report lays out the cuts to emissions needed (by 2030, 2035 and 2040) to get on a return pathway — finding that the cuts needed are far above what current Nationally Determined Contributions deliver. However, the report finds that it is possible to close this emissions gap — pointing to many successful climate policies that have already delivered real-world emissions cuts and could be scaled up globally to accelerate action.

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Emissions Gap Report 2026