Climate Change Performance Index

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is a scoring system designed by the German environmental and development organisation Germanwatch e.V. to enhance transparency in international climate politics. On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 63 countries and the European Union (EU) (status CCPI 2022), which are together responsible for more than 90% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.[1]

2023 Climate Change Performance Index

The CCPI was first published in 2005 and an updated version is presented at the UN Climate Change Conference annually. Germanwatch publishes the index in cooperation with the NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network International and with financial support from Barthel Foundation.[2] The most important results are available in German, English, French and Spanish.

Methodology

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In 2017, the underlying methodology of the CCPI was revised and adapted to the new climate policy framework of the Paris Agreement from 2015.[3] The CCPI was extended in order to include the measurement of a country’s progress towards the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the country’s 2030 targets. The national performances are assessed based on 14 indicators in the following four categories:

1. GHG emissions (weighting 40%)

2. Renewable energy (weighting 20%)

3. Energy use (weighting 20%)

4. Climate policy (weighting 20%)

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 climate diplomacy in the category "climate policy". The data for the "climate policy" category is assessed annually in a comprehensive research study. Its basis is the performance rating by climate change experts from non-governmental organisations, universities and think 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 as very high, high, medium, low, or very low.[4]

Results

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The most recent results illustrate the main regional differences in climate protection efforts and performance within the 57 evaluated countries and the EU. According to the CCPI, none of the countries has yet achieved a performance across all indicators that can be qualified as very high, because no country fulfills the requirements to limit global warming to well below 2 °C, as agreed in the Paris Agreement. This is why the first three places in the final ranking remain unoccupied. In 2023, the CCPI did not evaluate the performance of Ukraine due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the CCPI index for 2023, Denmark led the index followed by Sweden and Chile.[5] The last three were Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan.[6][7][a] In the CCPI Index for 2024, Denmark led the index at 4th followed by Estonia and the Philippines at 5th and 6th respectively. The bottom three were the U.A.E, Iran, and Saudi Arabia in that order from 65th to 67th.[10]

2024 Results[10] 2023 Results[11]

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Rank Change Country Score Rank Change Country Score
1 - - - 1 - - -
2 - - - 2 - - -
3 - - - 3 - - -
4 - 0   Denmark 75.59 4 - 0   Denmark 79.61
5 ▲ 4   Estonia 72.07 5 - 0   Sweden 73.28
6 ▲ 6   Philippines 70.70 6 ▲ 3   Chile 69.54
7 ▲ 1   India 70.25 7 ▲ 1   Morocco 67.44
8 ▲ 5   Netherlands 69.98 8 ▲ 2   India 67.35
9 ▼ -2   Morocco 69.82 9 ▲ 23   Estonia 65.14
10 ▼ -5   Sweden 69.39 10 ▼ -4   Norway 64.47
11 ▼ -5   Chile 68.74 11 ▼ -4   United Kingdom 63.07
12 ▼ -2   Norway 67.48 12 ▲ 11   Philippines 62.75
13 ▲ 1   Portugal 67.39 13 ▲ 6   Netherlands 62.24
14 ▲ 2   Germany 65.77 14 ▲ 2   Portugal 61.55
15 ▲ 2   Luxembourg 65.09 15 ▼ -1   Finland 61.24
16 ▲ 3   European Union (27) 64.71 16 ▼ -3   Germany 61.11
17 New   Nigeria 63.88 17 ▲ 1   Luxembourg 60.76
18 ▲ 5   Spain 63.37 18 ▼ -6   Malta 60.42
19 ▲ 2   Lithuania 62.99 19 ▲ 3   European Union (27) 59.96
20 ▼ -9   United Kingdom 62.36 20 ▲ 1   Egypt 59.37
21 ▲ 1    Switzerland 61.94 21 ▼ -10   Lithuania 59.21
22 ▼ -2   Egypt 61.80 22 ▼ -7    Switzerland 58.61
23 ▲ 15   Brazil 61.74 23 ▲ 11   Spain 58.59
24 ▲ 19   Romania 61.50 24 - 0   Greece 57.52
25 ▲ 17   Thailand 61.38 25 ▲ 1   Latvia 56.81
26 ▼ -11   Finland 61.11 26 ▲ 1   Indonesia 54.59
27 ▲ 13   Vietnam 60.94 27 ▼ -2   Colombia 54.50
28 ▼ -4   Greece 60.34 28 ▼ -11   France 52.97
29 ▼ -11   Malta 59.80 29 ▲ 1   Italy 52.90
30 New   Pakistan 59.35 30 ▼ -1   Croatia 52.04
31 ▼ -4   Colombia 58.68 31 ▼ -3   Mexico 51.77
32 - 0   Austria 58.17 32 ▲ 5   Austria 51.56
33 ▼ -8   Latvia 57.68 33 ▲ 2   New Zealand 50.55
34 ▼ -1   New Zealand 57.66 34 ▲ 6   Slovak Republic 50.12
35 ▼ -5   Croatia 57.32 35 ▲ 7   Cyprus 49.39
36 ▼ -10   Indonesia 57.20 36 ▲ 8   Bulgaria 49.15
37 ▼ -9   France 57.12 37 ▲ 9   Ireland 48.47
38 ▼ -7   Mexico 55.81 38 ▼ -5   Brazil 48.39
39 - 0   Belgium 55.00 39 ▲ 10   Belgium 48.38
40 ▼ -6   Slovak Republic 54.47 40 ▲ 3   Vietnam 48.31
41 - 0   Slovenia 53.57 41 ▲ 9   Slovenia 48.16
42 ▼ -7   Cyprus 53.09 42 ▼ -11   Thailand 47.23
43 ▼ -6   Ireland 51.42 43 ▼ -7   Romania 47.09
44 ▼ -15   Italy 50.60 44 ▼ -5   South Africa 45.69
45 ▼ -1   South Africa 49.53 45 ▲ 6   Czech Republic 44.16
46 ▼ -10   Bulgaria 46.94 46 ▲ 2   Belarus 43.69
47 ▼ -1   Belarus 46.80 47 ▼ -6   Turkey 43.32
48 New   Uzbekistan 46.68 48 ▲ 6   Algeria 42.26
49 ▲ 4   Hungary 45.93 49 ▼ -2   Argentina 41.19
50 ▲ 5   Australia 45.72 50 ▼ -5   Japan 40.85
51 - 0   China 45.56 51 ▼ -13   China 38.80
52 ▼ -7   Czech Republic 45.41 52 ▲ 3   United States 38.53
53 ▼ -4   Argentina 45.39 53 - 0   Hungary 38.51
54 ▼ -6   Algeria 44.54 54 ▼ -2   Poland 37.94
55 ▼ -1   Poland 44.40 55 ▲ 4   Australia 36.26
56 ▼ -9   Turkey 43.82 56 ▲ 1   Malaysia 33.51
57 ▼ -5   United States 42.79 57 ▲ 1   Taiwan 28.35
58 ▼ -8   Japan 42.08 58 ▲ 3   Canada 26.47
59 ▼ -3   Malaysia 38.57 59 ▼ -3   Russian Federation 25.28
60 ▲ 1   Kazakhstan 38.52 60 - 0   South Korea 24.91
61 ▼ -4   Taiwan 36.94 61 ▲ 3   Kazakhstan 24.61
62 ▼ -4   Canada 31.55 62 ▲ 1   Saudi Arabia 22.41
63 ▼ -4   Russian Federation 31.00 63 ▼ -1   Islamic Republic of Iran 18.77
64 ▼ -4   South Korea 29.98
65 New   United Arab Emirates 24.55
66 ▼ -3   Islamic Republic of Iran 23.53
67 ▼ -5   Saudi Arabia 19.33

2022 Results[12] 2021 Results[13]

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Rank Change Country Score Rank Country Score
1 - - - 1 - -
2 - - - 2 - -
3 - - - 3 - -
4 ▲ 2   Denmark 76.67 4   Sweden 74.42
5 ▼ -1   Sweden 74.22 5   United Kingdom 69.66
6 ▲ 2   Norway 73.29 6   Denmark 69.42
7 ▼ -2   United Kingdom 73.09 7   Morocco 67.59
8 ▼ -1   Morocco 71.60 8   Norway 65.45
9 - 0   Chile 69.51 9   Chile 64.05
10 - 0   India 69.20 10   India 63.98
11 ▲ 4   Lithuania 64.89 11   Finland 62.63
12 - 0   Malta 64.18 12   Malta 62.21
13 ▲ 6   Germany 63.53 13   Latvia 61.88
14 ▼ -3   Finland 62.41 14    Switzerland 60.85
15 ▼ -1    Switzerland 61.70 15   Lithuania 58.03
16 ▲ 1   Portugal 61.11 16   European Union (28) 57.29
17 ▲ 6   France 61.01 17   Portugal 56.80
18 ▲ 3   Luxembourg 60.80 18   Croatia 56.69
19 ▲ 10   Netherlands 60.44 19   Germany 56.39
20 - 0   Ukraine 60.40 20   Ukraine 55.48
21 ▲ 1   Egypt 59.74 21   Luxembourg 55.23
22 ▼ -6   European Union (27) 59.21 22   Egypt 54.33
23 New   Philippines 58.98 23   France 53.72
24 ▲ 10   Greece 58.22 24   Indonesia 53.59
25 New   Colombia 57.87 25   Brazil 53.26
26 ▼ -13   Latvia 57.73 26   Thailand 53.18
27 ▼ -3   Indonesia 57.17 27   Italy 53.05
28 ▲ 4   Mexico 56.05 28   New Zealand 51.30
29 ▼ -11   Croatia 55.96 29   Netherlands 50.96
30 ▼ -3   Italy 55.39 30   Romania 50.33
31 ▼ -5   Thailand 55.01 31   Slovak Republic 49.51
32 ▲ 6   Estonia 54.98 32   Mexico 48.76
33 ▼ -8   Brazil 54.86 33   China 48.18
34 ▲ 7   Spain 54.35 34   Greece 48.11
35 ▼ -7   New Zealand 54.03 35   Austria 48.09
36 ▼ -6   Romania 52.43 36   Belarus 47.27
37 ▼ -2   Austria 52.35 37   South Africa 46.13
38 ▼ -5   China 52.20 38   Estonia 46.01
39 ▼ -2   South Africa 51.13 39   Ireland 45.47
40 ▼ -9   Slovak Republic 50.67 40   Belgium 45.11
41 ▲ 1   Turkey 50.53 41   Spain 45.02
42 ▲ 7   Cyprus 50.52 42   Turkey 43.47
43 New   Vietnam 49.21 43   Algeria 43.27
44 - 0   Bulgaria 48.71 44   Bulgaria 42.64
45 - 0   Japan 48.53 45   Japan 42.49
46 ▼ -7   Ireland 47.86 46   Argentina 40.48
47 ▼ -1   Argentina 47.08 47   Czech Republic 38.98
48 ▼ -12   Belarus 46.66 48   Poland 38.94
49 ▼ -9   Belgium 45.90 49   Cyprus 38.73
50 ▲ 1   Slovenia 43.28 50   Hungary 38.22
51 ▼ -4   Czech Republic 42.15 51   Slovenia 37.02
52 ▼ -4   Poland 40.63 52   Russian Federation 30.34
53 ▼ -3   Hungary 40.41 53   South Korea 29.76
54 ▼ -11   Algeria 39.91 54   Australia 28.82
55 ▲ 6   United States 37.39 55   Kazakhstan 28.04
56 ▼ -4   Russian Federation 34.73 56   Malaysia 27.76
57 ▼ -1   Malaysia 33.74 57   Taiwan 27.11
58 ▼ -1   Taiwan 30.70 58   Canada 24.82
59 ▼ -5   Australia 30.06 59   Islamic Republic of Iran 24.58
60 ▼ -7   South Korea 26.74 60   Saudi Arabia 22.46
61 ▼ -3   Canada 26.03 61   United States 19.75
62 ▼ -3   Islamic Republic of Iran 25.66 62
63 ▼ -3   Saudi Arabia 24.25 63
64 ▼ -9   Kazakhstan 19.23 64

2020 results

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Rank Country Score
1 - -
2 - -
3 - -
4   Sweden 75.77
5   Denmark 71.14
6   Morocco 70.63
7   United Kingdom 69.80
8   Lithuania 66.22
9   India 66.02
10   Finland 63.25
11   Chile 62.88
12   Norway 61.14
13   Luxembourg 60.91
14   Malta 60.60
15   Latvia 60.75
16    Switzerland 60.61
17   Ukraine 60.60
18   France 57.90
19   Egypt 57.53
20   Croatia 56.97
21   Brazil 55.82
22   European Union (28) 55.82
23   Germany 55.78
24   Romania 54.85
25   Portugal 54.10
26   Italy 53.92
27   Slovak Republic 52.69
28   Greece 52.59
29   Netherlands 50.89
30   China 48.16
31   Estonia 48.05
32   Mexico 47.01
33   Thailand 46.76
34   Spain 46.03
35   Belgium 45.73
36   South Africa 45.67
37   New Zealand 45.67
38   Austria 44.74
39   Indonesia 44.65
40   Belarus 44.18
41   Ireland 44.04
42   Argentina 43.77
43   Czech Republic 42.93
44   Slovenia 41.91
45   Cyprus 41.66
46   Algeria 41.45
47   Hungary 41.17
48   Turkey 40.76
49   Bulgaria 40.12
50   Poland 39.98
51   Japan 39.03
52   Russia 37.8
53   Malaysia 34.21
54   Kazakhstan 33.39
55   Canada 31.01
56   Australia 30.75
57   Iran 28.41
58   South Korea 26.75
59   Taiwan 23.33
60   Saudi Arabia 23.03
61   United States 18.60

2019 results

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Rank Country Score
1 - -
2 - -
3 - -
4   Sweden 76
5   Morocco 70.48
6   Lithuania 70.47
7   Latvia 68.31
8   United Kingdom 65.92
9    Switzerland 65.42
10   Malta 65.06
11   India 62.93
12   Norway 62.80
13   Finland 62.61
14   Croatia 62.39
15   Denmark 61.96
16   European Union (28) 60.65
17   Portugal 60.54
18   Ukraine 60.09
19   Luxembourg 59.92
20   Romania 59.42
21   France 59.30
22   Brazil 59.29
23   Italy 58.69
24   Egypt 57.49
25   Mexico 56.82
26   Slovak Republic 56.61
27   Germany 55.18
28   Netherlands 54.11
29   Belarus 53.31
30   Greece 50.86
31   Belgium 50.63
32   Czech Republic 49.73
33   China 49.60
34   Argentina 49.01
35   Spain 48.97
36   Austria 48.78
37   Thailand 48.71
38   Indonesia 48.68
39   South Africa 48.25
40   Bulgaria 48.11
41   Poland 47.59
42   Hungary 46.79
43   Slovenia 44.90
44   New Zealand 44.61
45   Estonia 44.37
46   Cyprus 44.34
47   Algeria 42.10
48   Ireland 40.84
49   Japan 40.63
50   Turkey 40.22
51   Malaysia 38.08
52   Russia 37.59
53   Kazakhstan 36.47
54   Canada 34.26
55   Australia 31.27
56   Taiwan 28.80
57   South Korea 28.53
58   Iran 23.94
59   United States 18.82
60   Saudi Arabia 8.82
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Overall

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References

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  1. ^ Hellman, Rachel. "U.S. Lags in Latest Climate Protection Rankings". Retrieved 7 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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Notes

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  1. ^ In the CCPI index for 2020, Sweden led the ranking, followed by Denmark and Morocco.[8][9] The last three ranks were taken by the United States, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.