Climate Change Performance Index
Results 2017
Published on 16. November 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
36 pages
978-3-943704-50-1 (ISBN)
Description
Recognizing the urgency to take immediate action in protecting
the global climate, the 21st Conference of the Parties,
held in December 2015 in Paris, made a groundbreaking
achievement in adopting the goal to limit global warming
to "well below" 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit warming
to a 1.5°C. Under the Paris Agreement, climate action was
anchored in the context of international law. This requires
countries to make their own unique contribution to the
prevention of dangerous climate change. The next crucial
step to follow this agreement is the rapid implementation
by the signing parties of concrete measures to make their
individual contributions to the global goal. For the past 12
years, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) has
been keeping track of countries' efforts in combating climate
change. The varying initial positions, interests and strategies
of the numerous countries make it difficult to distinguish
their strengths and weaknesses and the CCPI has been an
important tool in contributing to a clearer understanding of
national and international climate policy.
To demonstrate existing measures more accurately and to
encourage steps toward effective climate policy, the CCPI
methodology was evaluated in 2012 and continues to be improved.
The integration of emissions data 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. Deforestation and
forest degradation
are another important source of anthropogenic
CO2 alongside energy-based emissions. By including
these emissions in the data, we are able to present a more
comprehensive 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 around 280 energy and climate experts from all over the
world are we able to include a review of each country's national
and international policies. The review charts the efforts
that have been made to avoid climate change, and also
evaluates the various countries' current efforts regarding the
implementation of the Paris Agreement, starting from this
year. We greatly appreciate these experts for their time, efforts
and knowledge in contributing to this publication. The
experts are mainly representatives of NGOs who work within
their respective countries, fighting for the implementation of
the climate policy that we all so desperately need.
the global climate, the 21st Conference of the Parties,
held in December 2015 in Paris, made a groundbreaking
achievement in adopting the goal to limit global warming
to "well below" 2°C and to pursue efforts to limit warming
to a 1.5°C. Under the Paris Agreement, climate action was
anchored in the context of international law. This requires
countries to make their own unique contribution to the
prevention of dangerous climate change. The next crucial
step to follow this agreement is the rapid implementation
by the signing parties of concrete measures to make their
individual contributions to the global goal. For the past 12
years, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) has
been keeping track of countries' efforts in combating climate
change. The varying initial positions, interests and strategies
of the numerous countries make it difficult to distinguish
their strengths and weaknesses and the CCPI has been an
important tool in contributing to a clearer understanding of
national and international climate policy.
To demonstrate existing measures more accurately and to
encourage steps toward effective climate policy, the CCPI
methodology was evaluated in 2012 and continues to be improved.
The integration of emissions data 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. Deforestation and
forest degradation
are another important source of anthropogenic
CO2 alongside energy-based emissions. By including
these emissions in the data, we are able to present a more
comprehensive 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 around 280 energy and climate experts from all over the
world are we able to include a review of each country's national
and international policies. The review charts the efforts
that have been made to avoid climate change, and also
evaluates the various countries' current efforts regarding the
implementation of the Paris Agreement, starting from this
year. We greatly appreciate these experts for their time, efforts
and knowledge in contributing to this publication. The
experts are mainly representatives of NGOs who work within
their respective countries, fighting for the implementation of
the climate policy that we all so desperately need.