Climate Change Performance Index
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The German civil society organisation Germanwatch and the European network Climate Action Network Europe created the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) to bring more transparency into international climate politics. On the basis of standardized criteria, it evaluates and ranks the climate protection performance of the 57 countries based on their emissions and climate policies. These 57 industrialised and emerging economies account together for more than 90 percent of global energy related Co2 Emissions.[1]
Indicators
The CCPI is measured by twelve different indicators. They are classified in the three categories emissions trend by sector, emissions level and climate policy.[2]
Results
The CCPI 2011 found that Brazil, Sweden and Norway ranked .fourth to sixth respectively, followed by Germany. The CCPI 2011 does not rank any country in the top three spots, which are reserved for countries that are doing enough to stay below the goal of a 1.5- degree average global warming limit. Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Australia, and Canada ranked last.
The world’s two biggest emitters, China and the USA, have dropped a few ranks compared to last year, with China now ranked 56th and the USA 54th. A clear exception to the 2011’s trend toward strong national climate policy is the USA, where the Senate’s blockage of climate legislation resulted in a lower ranking. The US shows a very poor performance concerning per capita emissions and climate policy.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Germanwatch and CAN Europe, "National climate action overtakes international action for the first time", Press Release on the Climate Chane Performance Index 2011, 6th December 2010. Retrieved on 28th June 2011 from: http://www.germanwatch.org/presse/2010-12-06b-e.pdf
- ↑ Germanwatch and CAN Europe (2010), "The Climate Change Performance Index: Background and Methodology", availabel at: http://www.germanwatch.org/klima/ccpi-meth.pdf
- ↑ Germanwatch and CAN Europe, "National climate action overtakes international action for the first time", Press Release on the Climate Chane Performance Index 2011, 6th December 2010. Retrieved on 28th June 2011 from: http://www.germanwatch.org/presse/2010-12-06b-e.pdf
