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S Y N O P S I S Is 1.5°C within Reach for the Asia-Pacific Region? Ambition and Potential of NDC Commitments of the Asia-Pacific Countries The joint ESCAP, UNEP, UN Women and the greenwerk report on Is 1.5°C within Reach for the Asia- Pacific Region? Ambition and Potential of NDC Commitments of the Asia-Pacific Countries provides an assessment of the NDC commitments of countries in the Asia-Pacifi. [...] Indeed, the “window of opportunity to prevent the worst climate impacts is rapidly closing”.2 Lying at the heart of the Paris Agreement, the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) represent the climate action commitments made by countries to reduce their national emissions and address the need for adaption measures to the increasing and devastating impacts of climate change. [...] This Synopsis is based on the full report, Is 1.5°C within Reach for the Asia-Pacific Region? Ambition and Potential of NDC Commitments of the Asia-Pacific Countries, developed by a joint team from ESCAP, UNEP, UN Women and the greenwerk, Germany, which provides an assessment of the NDC commitments of countries in the Asia-Pacific region. [...] 3 Number of Asia-Pacific Member States SYNOPSIS Is 1.5°C within Reach for the Asia-Pacific Region? Ambition and Potential of NDC Commitments of the Asia-Pacific Countries Figure 2: GHG emissions of the top 10 emitters in the Asia-Pacific region (MtCO2e) in 2010, 2030 compared to INDC and NDC commitments GHG emissions of the top 10 emitters in the Asia-Pacific region (MtCO2e) in 2010, 2030 compared. [...] The designations employed and the presentation of the materials in this publication also do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.