The Climate Change Performance Index
Results 2016
Published on 8. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
32 pages
978-3-943704-38-9 (ISBN)
Description
Our world is characterized by fast moving geopolitical and
natural changes and the scenarios drawn by climate change
specialists are alarming. If we want to avoid dangerous climate
change and its ample consequences for creatures
all over the world, it is necessary to take action right now.
Awareness of the danger is growing and with the IPCC's
Fifth Assessment Report, also evidence has grown once
more that fossil fuels such as coal have to be left in the
ground in order to minimize those threats. The Climate
Change Performance Index (CCPI) since 11 years now, keeps
on working to bring awareness forward. Since 2005, the CCPI
has been contributing to a clearer understanding of national
and international climate policy. The various initial positions,
interests, and strategies of the numerous countries make it
hard to distinguish their strengths and weaknesses. The CCPI
is an important tool to address this.
To demonstrate existing measures more accurately and to
encourage steps towards effective climate policy, the CCPI
methodology was evaluated in 2012 and improvements
have been made since. The integration of data on emissions
from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the
major steps in this process, made possible due to the data
provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment
2015. Alongside energy-based emissions, deforestation and
forest degradation are another important source of anthropogenic
CO2. By including those emissions, we can present
a more complete view of man-made impacts on the world's
climate.
The following publication is issued by Germanwatch and
Climate Action Network Europe. However, only with the help
of about 300 energy and climate experts from all over the
world, we are able to include a review of each country's national
and international policies, with respect to their efforts
to avoid climate change. We greatly appreciate these experts
for taking the time and effort to contribute with their knowledge.
Experts are mainly representatives of NGOs working
within their respective countries, fighting for the implementation
of the climate policy that we so desperately need.
natural changes and the scenarios drawn by climate change
specialists are alarming. If we want to avoid dangerous climate
change and its ample consequences for creatures
all over the world, it is necessary to take action right now.
Awareness of the danger is growing and with the IPCC's
Fifth Assessment Report, also evidence has grown once
more that fossil fuels such as coal have to be left in the
ground in order to minimize those threats. The Climate
Change Performance Index (CCPI) since 11 years now, keeps
on working to bring awareness forward. Since 2005, the CCPI
has been contributing to a clearer understanding of national
and international climate policy. The various initial positions,
interests, and strategies of the numerous countries make it
hard to distinguish their strengths and weaknesses. The CCPI
is an important tool to address this.
To demonstrate existing measures more accurately and to
encourage steps towards effective climate policy, the CCPI
methodology was evaluated in 2012 and improvements
have been made since. The integration of data on emissions
from deforestation and forest degradation was one of the
major steps in this process, made possible due to the data
provided by the FAO Global Forest Resource Assessment
2015. Alongside energy-based emissions, deforestation and
forest degradation are another important source of anthropogenic
CO2. By including those emissions, we can present
a more complete view of man-made impacts on the world's
climate.
The following publication is issued by Germanwatch and
Climate Action Network Europe. However, only with the help
of about 300 energy and climate experts from all over the
world, we are able to include a review of each country's national
and international policies, with respect to their efforts
to avoid climate change. We greatly appreciate these experts
for taking the time and effort to contribute with their knowledge.
Experts are mainly representatives of NGOs working
within their respective countries, fighting for the implementation
of the climate policy that we so desperately need.