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CCPI 2019: Emissions on Rise Again

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10 December 2018 20:22 WIB

The midnight sun shines across sea ice along the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Saturday, July 22, 2017. As climate change pushes the ice a little farther north each year, it is spurring talk of a gold rush in the remote Arctic for abundant natural resources, prized shipping routes and business opportunities in tourism and fishing. The Arctic, including the fabled Northwest Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific, is among the last regions on earth to remain largely unexplored. AP/David Goldman

TEMPO.CO, Katowice - After three consecutive years of stable CO2 emissions, emissions are rising again. The Climate Change Performance Index 2019 (CCPI), published today at COP24 in Katowice, shows only a few countries have started to implement strategies to limit global warming below 2 or even 1.5°C.

While there is a continued growth and competitiveness of renewable energy, especially in countries that had low shares before, the CCPI shows a lack of political will of most governments to phase out fossil fuels with the necessary speed. Because of that, in most countries, the climate policy evaluation by national experts is significantly lower than in the last years. 

Read: Govt: Indonesia Most Vulnerable Country to Climate Change Impacts 

Jan Burck, co-author of the CCPI at Germanwatch, comments, "Based on techno-economic developments in the last years, delay in implementation of low-carbon solutions can hardly be justified. While the G20 summit has shown strong support of 19 countries to support the Paris Agreement, the political will of those Governments to set the right frameworks and incentives for its national implementation is not yet reflected in these words."

"Before Paris, the world was heading to 4-5°C of global warming. Now we are still on a path to more than 3°C, still a catastrophic perspective. The costs of electricity from wind and solar have dropped by roughly a third since then, so all countries can increase ambition and pace", Prof. Niklas Höhne, co-author from NewClimate Institute, adds. In 40 of the 56 analyzed countries, the emissions decreased between 2011 and 2016. However, investments in fossil fuel infrastructure leading to a high risk of a lock-in into high emissions pathways. 

Read: Indonesia Reaffirms Commitment to Coping with Climate Change 

The gap between current emission levels and what is needed to put the world on track for a well-below-2°C or even 1.5°C pathway is widening. We are also seeing a widening gap in leadership at a time when countries must be strengthening the climate regime. "It is very important now that EU needs to enhance its current climate commitment to show leadership.", Stephan Singer from the Climate Action Network (CAN), co-publisher of the CCPI, says.

The top three of the CCPI 2019 are still unoccupied because none of the 56 countries or the EU are clearly on a well below 2°C pathway in their overall performance.

With comparably good ratings in emissions and renewables, Sweden again leads the ranking (Rank 4), followed by Morocco that significantly increased its share of renewable energy capacity and has an ambitious national climate target. India moves to rank 11 as a result of an improved performance in renewable energy, comparatively low levels of per capita emissions and a relatively ambitious mitigation target for 2030. 

Read: World is Losing Battle against Climate Change, Macron Says 

Germany falls again, from place 22 to place 27 and is now in the middle of medium-performing countries. It is the lowest ranking for Germany in the history of the CCPI.

China climbs to rank 33, being in the group of the medium-performing countries for the first time. China performed relatively well regarding its emissions trend from 2014 to 2016, but emissions started to increase again recently.

In the group of very low performers we find almost half of the G20 countries: Japan (49), Turkey (50), Russian Federation (52), Canada (54), Australia (55), Korea (57) and - at the bottom of the index - USA (59) and Saudi Arabia (60). The USA again lost several places due to its low to very low-rated performance in the GHG Emissions, Renewable Energy and Energy Use.

The experts from the USA rated the climate policy of the Trump administration very low, but they highlight some positive signals because of climate action in several states and cities and because of the Democrats promise to push climate policy with their new majority in the House of Representatives. 

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