The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is a scoring system designed by the

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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

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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

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from 2015. The CCPI was extended in order to include the measurement of a country’s progress towards the

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(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, petroleum, oil, and natural gas. The top contributors to greenhouse gas emi ...

(weighting 40%) 2.

Renewable energy Renewable energy is energy that is collected from renewable resources that are naturally replenished on a human timescale. It includes sources such as sunlight, wind, the movement of water, and geothermal heat. Although most 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 fuels, ...

(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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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

. This is why the first three places in the final ranking remain unoccupied. In the CCPI index for 2020,

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led the ranking, followed by

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and

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. The last three ranks were taken by the

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and

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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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