Climate Change Performance Index 2019
ENVIRONMENT, 17 Dec 2018
Germanwatch, et al. – TRANSCEND Media Service
The CCPI is annually published by Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network.
The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an instrument designed to enhance transparency in international climate politics. Its aim is to put political and social pressure on those countries that have, until now, failed to take ambitious action on climate protection, and to highlight those countries with best practice climate policies.
- These are the overall results of the Climate Change Performance Index 2019. The ranking results are defined by a country’s aggregated performance regarding 14 indicators within the four categories “GHG Emissions”, “Renewable Energy” and “Energy Use”, as well as on “Climate Policy”, in a globally unique policy section of the index.
- The CCPI 2019 results illustrate the main regional differences in climate protection and performance within the 56 evaluated countries and the EU. No country
performed well enough to reach the ranking very good in this year’s index, meaning that no country has yet made it to one of the top three places in the
rankings. - In this year’s index, Sweden leads the ranking, followed by Morocco and Lithuania. The bottom five in this year’s CCPI are Saudi Arabia, the United States, Islamic Republic of Iran, Republic of Korea and Chinese Taipei, scoring low or very low across almost all categories.
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To implement the Paris Agreement, countries must raise their ambitions and enact concrete measures to make their individual contributions to the global goal. Since its first release in 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) has tracked countries’ efforts to combat climate change. On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 56 countries and the European Union, which are together responsible for more than 90% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The CCPI has been an important tool in contributing to a clearer understanding of national and international climate policy. As we approach the year 2020, when countries need to submit their amended national climate targets (revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), the CCPI aims to inform the process of raising climate ambition.
Download PDF file: Climate Change Performance Index-Results 2019
To access the interactive database Go to Original – climate-change-performance-index.org
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