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Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) released
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- India, for the first time, ranks among the top 10 in this year’s Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) presented at the COP25 climate summit recently.
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- Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI): measures the emissions, renewable energy share & climate policies of 57 countries and the EU.
- The Index Mentioned:
(1) S. and Saudi Arabia are among major polluters showing “hardly any signs” of reducing their greenhouse gas production.
(2) S. ranks last, followed by Saudi Arabia & Australia, although several countries did report falls in emissions last year, largely due to an industry-wide fade out of coal.
(3) China- world’s largest single emitter, was found to have taken “medium action” due to its high investment in renewables.
(4) India, for the first time, ranks among the top 10: The current levels of per capita emissions and energy use in India, ranked 9th in the “high category”, are still comparatively low and, along with ambitious 2030 targets, result in high ratings for the greenhouse gas emissions & energy use categories.
(5) While climate performance varied greatly — even within the EU, with Sweden leading the way — the report found that none of the countries surveyed were currently on a path compatible with the Paris climate goals.
(6) In the Paris agreement of 2015 nations had agreed to work towards limiting global temperature rise to “well below” 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
Sources
The Hindu