Acknowledgements The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) would like to thank the members of the steering committee, the lead and contributing authors, reviewers and the secretariat for their contribution to the preparation of this assessment report. Authors and reviewers have contributed to the report in their individual capacities. Their affiliations are only mentioned for identification purposes.
Project steering committee Mónica Araya (Nivela), Pierre Brender (Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy, France), John Christensen (UNEP DTU Partnership), Navroz K. Dubash (Centre for Policy Research, India), Thelma Krug (National Institute for Space Research, Brazil), Simon Maxwell (Climate and Development Knowledge Network), Jacqueline McGlade (United Nations Environment Programme), Bert Metz (European Climate Foundation), Yacob Mulugetta (University College London), Klaus Müschen (Federal Environment Agency of Germany), Katia Simeonova (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change), Merlyn van Voore (United Nations Environment Programme)
Chapter 3 Lead authors: Michel den Elzen (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency), Taryn Fransen (World Resources Institute), Niklas Höhne (NewClimate Institute), Harald Winkler (University of Cape Town), Roberto Schaeffer (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Fu Sha (National Center for Climate Strategy and International Cooperation), Amit Garg (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad) Contributing authors: Guy Cunliffe (University of Cape Town), Hanna Fekete (NewClimate Institute), Mengpin Ge (World Resources Institute), Giacomo Grassi (Joint Research Centre, European Commission), Mark Roelfsema (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency), Joeri Rogelj (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis), Sebastian Sterl (NewClimate Institute), Eveline Vasquez (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
Chapter 4 Lead author: Anne Olhoff (UNEP DTU Partnership) Contributing author: John Christensen (UNEP DTU Partnership)
Chapter 1
Chapter 5
Lead authors: John Christensen (UNEP DTU Partnership), Paul Burgon (independent consultant)
Lead authors: Walter Vergara (UNEP DTU Partnership / World Resources Institute), Michiel Schaeffer (Climate Analytics), Kornelis Blok (Ecofys)
Chapter 2 Section 2.2
Lead author: Joeri Rogelj (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) Contributing authors: Kejun Jiang (Energy Research Institute), Jason Lowe (Met Office), Greet Maenhout (Joint Research Centre, European Commission), Steven Smith (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
Contributing authors: Andrzej Ancygier (Climate Analytics), Skylar Bee (UNEP DTU Partnership), Philip Drost (United Nations Environment Programme), Lara Esser (Ecofys), Mark Roelfsema (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency)
Chapter 6
Section 2.3
Lead authors: Lera Miles (UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre), Denis Jean Sonwa (Center for International Forestry Research)
Contributing authors: Mengpin Ge (World Resources Institute), Heleen van Soest (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency)
Contributing authors: Riyong Kim Bakkegaard (UNEP DTU Partnership), Blaise Bodin (UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre), Rebecca Mant (UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre), Lisen Runsten (UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre), Maria Sanz Sanchez (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations), Kimberly Todd (United Nations Development Programme),
Lead authors: Taryn Fransen (World Resources Institute), Michel den Elzen (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency), Hanna Fekete (NewClimate Institute), Niklas Höhne (NewClimate Institute)
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The Emissions Gap Report 2015 – Acknowledgements