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Deep Decarbonization Pathways Project (DDPP) presents to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon

11 July 2014

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罢丑别听听(DDPP) interim report has been presented in a briefing on July 8 to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, and the day after to the French government, as host of the 2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) climate conference. The interim report supports the UN Climate Summit on听September 23, 2014. The full DDPP report will be presented in the spring of 2015.

The report, produced cooperatively by leading research institutes in 15 countries, is the first global cooperative program to identify practical pathways to a low-carbon economy by 2050. and from 果冻影院 Energy Institute lead the UK analysis.

鈥湴粘蟊鹛鼶eep Decarbonization Pathways Project听report is an effort to demonstrate how countries can contribute to achieving the globally agreed target of limiting global temperature rise to below 2 degrees,鈥 said Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. 鈥淭he world has committed to limit warming to below 2 degrees C, but it has not committed to the practical ways to achieve that goal,鈥 said Jeffrey Sachs, director of the SDSN and of Columbia University鈥檚 Earth Institute. 鈥淭his report is all about the practicalities. Success will be tough 鈥 the needed transformation is enormous 鈥 but is feasible, and is needed to keep the world safe for us and for future generations. One key message is to invest in developing the low-carbon technologies that can make a difference.鈥

The report aims to help countries to set bold targets as they go into next year鈥檚 climate negotiations. It is issued midway in the project in order to support the deliberations at the UN Climate Summit on听Sept. 23. The report is a joint project of independent research teams in 15 countries, with around 30 participating scientific institutions. The countries include Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States. The International Energy Agency (IEA) and the World Business Council on Sustainable Development (WBCSD) also brought their expertise to the project. These institutions convened under the auspices of听, an initiative of Columbia University鈥檚 Earth Institute for the UN, and the听, a nonprofit policy research institute based in Paris.

Report is available on the UNSDSN website at