Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2024

11.12.2023

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Why in the news?

Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2024 was released on the sidelines of the ongoing COP28 at Dubai.

Key Points

• India ranked 7th in this year’s Climate Change Performance Index, up one spot from the previous one.

Top performers

○Denmark retained the top spot with a score of 75.59 per cent.

○It should be noted that none of these countries have been able to achieve a very high rating over the last few years.

○Hence, the first three ranks are left vacant.

○Estonia and the Philippines occupied the second and third ranks respectively, with 72.07 and 70.70.

○India followed closely with 70.25 per cent.

Worst performers

○Most developed countries fared poorly compared to last year including the United Kingdom, the United States, Italy and others.

○Saudi Arabia was at the bottom

Steps needed

○Despite the urgent need to decarbonise all sectors, global greenhouse gases (GHG) have increased in 2022 and atmospheric CO2 is now 50 per cent higher than pre-industrial levels.

○CCPI countries must have an emissions peak by 2025 to keep the 1.5°C goal in reach.

○Moreover, emissions must be halved by 2030 (vs 2020) levels.

India specific observation in the report

○Fourth best ranking in the index

○India’s high population, which automatically reduces its per capita energy use, plays a major role in giving it a high position in climate performance.

India’s rank in different categories

○India was ranked 9th in GHG Emissions and 10th in Energy Use among assessed countries.

○In Climate Policy too, India was ranked 10th.

○In Renewable Energy, India is ranked 37th, barely remaining within the ‘high’ performance category.

• India on track to meet a benchmark of well below 2°C in per capita GHG category
• Most developed countries like the USA, the U.K. and Italy fared poorly compared to last year.
• China retained the same position — 51st — compared to a year back. Brazil improved 15 positions and South Africa slipped one position on the same benchmark.
• Among developed countries, Italy slipped 15 positions in ranking, the United Kingdom and France nine positions, Japan eight positions and the United States has been pushed back five positions. Germany and the European Union improved margin

About Change Performance Index (CCPI)

• It is a scoring system that measures the climate protection performance of countries. It was first published in 2005.
• It is designed to improve transparency in international climate politics.

Function

• It uses a standardized framework to compare the climate performance of 63 countries and the EU, which together account for over 90% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
• The climate protection performance is assessed in four categories: GHG Emissions, Renewable Energy, Energy Use and Climate Policy.
• The analysis also reports on the extent to which each country is taking actions in the areas of emissions, renewable energy and energy use in order to achieve the climate goals set in Paris.

Aims

•  to enhance transparency in international climate politics and it enables comparison of individual countries' climate protection efforts and progress.

Ranking

Based on each country's overall score.

Published by

Germanwatch, the New Climate Institute and the Climate Action Network publish the index annually.

When and where is COP28?

• The 28th annual UN climate change conference will be held from November 30 to December 12 in Dubai, UAE.
• The conference will include talks and interactive sessions about the future of climate action. It will also feature talks from political, environmental and scientific leaders.

What does COP 28 stand for?

• COP 28 stands for the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UNFCCC. The "parties" are the countries that signed up to the original UN climate agreement in 1992.

What is COP 28's theme and agenda?

• The main objective of Cop every year is to review and assess the implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) terms, the Paris Agreement, and the Kyoto Protocol.
•  The latter is a binding treaty agreed in 1997 for industrialised nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• At Cop28, member states negotiate while also facing their first Global Stocktake (GST).
• This refers to a scorecard that analyses countries’ progress towards the Paris Agreement, with the goal of sparking actionable objectives for climate action plans due in 2025.

Additionally, Cop28 will focus on four themes:

• Fast-tracking the energy transition: a focus on renewable energy, as well as food and agricultural systems.
• Climate finance solutions: aims to prioritise the Global South in adaptation finance and help vulnerable communities rebuild after climate disasters.
• Nature, people, lives, and livelihoods: geared towards food systems, nature-based solutions, and protecting against extreme weather events and biodiversity loss.

Inclusivity in climate management: a focus on youth involvement and improved communication between different sectors and agencies