17th edition of Climate Change Performance Index

• IAS NEXT, Lucknow
• 12, Nov 2021

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The 17th edition of the Climate Change Performance Index was released recently.

About CCPI:

• It is compiled by Germanwatch, the New Climate Institute, and the Climate Action Network.
• It monitors climate mitigation progress of 60 countries and the European Union.
• It aims to enhance transparency in international climate politics and enables the comparability of climate protection efforts and progress made by individual countries.

Methodology:

Methodological approach and data sources

The CCPI assesses countries’ performance in four categories:

• “GHG Emissions” (40% of overall score).
• “Renewable Energy” (20% of overall score).
• “Energy Use” (20% of overall score).
• “Climate Policy” (20% of overall score).

Performance of various countries in the latest index:

• The first three ranks of the overall rankings were kept empty because no country had performed well enough in all index categories to achieve an overall very high rating.
• The first three ranks in the greenhouse gas emissions category, too, were kept empty.
• In terms of greenhouse gas emissions, Sweden, Egypt, Chile and the UK are in the top 7.
• Scandinavian countries such as Sweden achieved the best results because of their “outstanding” effort on renewable energy. Iran and Russia are ranked the lowest in this category.
• Overall, Australia, South Korea and Russia and the United States are among the lowest performing countries along with Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia.
• China is ranked 37 overall and has an overall rating of “low”.

Performance of India:

• In the overall rankings, India is at number 10 with a score of 69.22. It is a high performer except in the renewable energy category, in which it is ranked “medium”.
• The report says that India is benefiting from its relatively low per-capita emissions.