Ranking of countries according to climate protection efforts
2023 Climate Change Performance Index
TheClimate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is a scoring system designed by theGerman environmental and development organisationGermanwatche.V. to enhance transparency in internationalclimate politics. On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 63 countries and theEuropean Union (EU) (status CCPI 2022), which are together responsible for more than 90% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.[1]
The CCPI was first published in 2005 and an updated version is presented at theUN Climate Change Conference annually. Germanwatch publishes the index in cooperation with theNewClimate Institute andClimate Action Network International and with financial support fromBarthel Foundation.[2] The most important results are available in German, English, French and Spanish.
In 2017, the underlyingmethodology of the CCPI was revised and adapted to the new climate policy framework of theParis Agreement from 2015.[3] The CCPI was extended in order to include the measurement of a country’s progress towards theNationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the country’s 2030 targets. The national performances are assessed based on 14 indicators in the following four categories:
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 climatediplomacy in the category "climate policy". The data for the "climate policy" category is assessed annually in a comprehensiveresearch study. Its basis is the performance rating byclimate change experts fromnon-governmental organisations,universities andthink tanks 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 asvery high,high,medium,low, orvery low.[4]
The most recent results illustrate the main regional differences in climate protection efforts and performance within 63 evaluated countries and the EU. The CCPI has not evaluated the performance ofUkraine since the 2023 index due to theRussian invasion of Ukraine.
According to the CCPI, no country has yet achieved a performance across all indicators that can be qualified asvery high, because "no country is doing enough to prevent dangerous climate change". In addition, no country has fulfilled the requirements to limit global warming to well below 2°C, as agreed in theParis Agreement. Therefore, beginning with the CCPI index of 2009, the first three places in the final ranking have remain unoccupied, with the highest-ranked country (Denmark as of the most recent indices) placed fourth.[9][10]
The following tables omit the unoccupied first three places.
^Hellman, Rachel."U.S. Lags in Latest Climate Protection Rankings". Retrieved7 September 2022.Developed by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network, the CCPI is an independent monitoring tool for tracking countries' climate protection performance.
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Denmark
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Morocco
Chile
Philippines
Luxembourg
Lithuania
Norway
India
Sweden
Portugal
Spain
Estonia
Pakistan
Romania
Germany
Nigeria
European Union (27)
Egypt
France
Vietnam
Greece
Austria
Thailand
Malta
Switzerland
Brazil
Colombia
Slovenia
Finland
Ireland
Mexico
Latvia
Belgium
South Africa
Cyprus
Algeria
Croatia
New Zealand
Czechia
Indonesia
Italy
Hungary
Slovakia
Poland
Malaysia
Bulgaria
Turkey
Australia
Uzbekistan
China
Belarus
Japan
United States
Argentina
Taiwan
Kazakhstan
Canada
United Arab Emirates
South Korea
Russia
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Ukraine
