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The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is a scoring system designed by the German environmental and development organisation
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e.V. to enhance transparency in international climate politics. On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 63 countries and the European Union (EU) (status CCPI 2022), which are together responsible for more than 90% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The CCPI was first published in 2005 and an updated version is presented at the UN Climate Change Conference annually. Germanwatch publishes the index in cooperation with the NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network International and with financial support from Barthel Foundation. The most important results are available in German, English, French and Spanish.


Methodology

In 2017, the underlying
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of the CCPI was revised and adapted to the new climate policy framework of the Paris Agreement from 2015. The CCPI was extended in order to include the measurement of a country’s progress towards the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the country’s 2030 targets. The national performances are assessed based on 14 indicators in the following four categories: 1.
GHG emissions Greenhouse gas emissions from human activities strengthen the greenhouse effect, contributing to climate change. Most is carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels: coal, oil, and natural gas. The largest emitters include coal in China and larg ...
(weighting 40%) 2. Renewable energy (weighting 20%) 3.
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(weighting 20%) 4.
Climate policy The politics of climate change results from different perspectives on how to respond to climate change. Global warming is driven largely by the emissions of greenhouse gases due to human economic activity, especially the burning of fossil fuel ...
(weighting 20%) The three categories "GHG emissions," "renewable energy" and "energy use" are each defined by four equally weighted indicators: (1) current level, (2) recent developments (5-year trend), (3) 2°C compatibility of the current performance, and (4) 2°C compatibility of 2030 target. These 12 indicators are complemented by two indicators, measuring the country's performance regarding its national climate policy framework and implementation as well as regarding international climate
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in the category "climate policy." The data for the "climate policy" category is assessed annually in a comprehensive
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study. Its basis is the performance rating by
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experts from
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,
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and
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within the countries that are evaluated. In a questionnaire, the respondents give a rating on the most important measures of their governments. The results are rated as ''very high'', ''high'', ''medium'', ''low,'' or ''very low''.


Results

The most recent results illustrate the main regional differences in climate protection efforts and performance within the 57 evaluated countries and the EU. According to the CCPI, none of the countries has yet achieved a performance across all indicators that can be qualified as ''very high'', because no country fulfills the requirements to limit global warming to well below 2°C, as agreed in the Paris Agreement. This is why the first three places in the final ranking remain unoccupied. In the CCPI index for 2020, Sweden led the ranking, followed by
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and
Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...
. The last three ranks were taken by the
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,
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
and
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
.


2022 results


2021 results


2020 results


2019 results


External links

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The Climate Change Performance Index 2022
english version)
Background and Methodology
(English version only)
Climate Change Performance Index 2022: Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse
german version)
Principaux résultats de l'Indice de Performance Climatique (IPC) 2020
(french version)
Los principales resultados del Indice de Desempeño frente al Cambio Climático (IDCC) 2020
(spanish version)


References

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