High Level Event on the new Global Nitrous Oxide Assessment

The assessment is available online here.

Nitrous oxide is the third most important greenhouse gas and the most abundantly emitted ozone-depleting substance and included as one of six greenhouse gases managed within the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. National and global climate mitigation efforts tend to focus on carbon dioxide and methane, reflected in new national commitments and the Global Methane Pledge to reduce emissions by at least 30% below 2020 levels by 2030. And yet, mitigation efforts that exclude nitrous oxide could make it much harder, if not impossible, to meet a range of climate, ozone and sustainable development objectives.

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition, UN Environment Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and the International Nitrogen Management System, in collaboration with the Montreal Protocol Ozone Secretariat, are presenting the Global N2O Assessment in this high-level event. This assessment highlights the threats of rising nitrous oxide emissions and the multiple benefits from ambitious action. The event will also include experts from academia, civil society and governments to provide an overview of efforts on nitrous oxide across industrial and agricultural sectors, and outline opportunities for international action.