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Climate Change Performance Index

The Climate Change Performance Index published by Germanwatch, CAN International, and the NewClimate Institute evaluates and compares the climate mitigation performance of 63 countries and the EU.

About CCPI

Published annually since 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) tracks countries’ efforts to combat climate change. As an independent monitoring tool it aims to enhance transparency in international climate politics and enables comparison of climate protection efforts and progress made by individual countries.

The countries’ commitments under the Paris Agreement are still insufficient: to limit global warming to a maximum of 1.5°C a more ambitious climate action is urgently needed. In this context, the CCPI has gained further relevance as a long-standing and reliable tool to identify leaders and laggards in climate protection.

Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network publish the index annually. The CCPI’s unique climate policy section, evaluating countries’ national and international climate policy performance, is only possible through the continued support and contributions of around 450 climate and energy experts.

We express our gratitude to these experts and greatly appreciate their time, efforts and knowledge in contributing to this publication.

The Climate Change Performance Index 2025 will be released on November 20th 2024.

More information and the press conference can be found on the official website of the CCPI.

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Climate Change Performance Indices

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UN climate conferences International climate co-operation | 10. December 2018

The Climate Change Performance Index 2019

The CCPI is an independent monitoring tool of countries' climate protection performance. It aims to enhance transparency in international climate politics and enables the comparability of climate protection efforts and progress made by individual countries. Based on standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 56 countries and the EU, which are together responsible for more than 90 percent of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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UN climate conferences International climate co-operation | 1. November 2017

The Climate Change Performance Index 2018

Under the Paris Agreement, for the first time climate action was anchored in the context of international law. This requires countries to make their own unique contribution to the prevention of dangerous climate change. The next crucial step to follow this agreement is the rapid implementation by the signing parties of concrete measures to make their individual contributions to the global goal. For the past 13 years, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) has been keeping track of countries’ efforts in combating climate change. The varying initial positions, interests and strategies of the numerous countries make it difficult to distinguish their strengths and weaknesses and the CCPI has been an important tool in contributing to a clearer understanding of national and international climate policy.

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International climate co-operation Indices | 1. July 2017

G20 Edition: Climate Change Performance Index 2017

In this special edition of the CCPI 2017, the efforts and performances of the G20 countries are evaluated. The G20 are together responsible for 75% of the global Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) and are therefore the key for starting a global transformation

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UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Indices | 1. November 2016

The Climate Change Performance Index 2017

Under the Paris Agreement, climate action was anchored in the context of international law. This requires countries to make their own unique contribution to the prevention of dangerous climate change. The next crucial step to follow this agreement is the rapid implementation by the signing parties of concrete measures to make their individual contributions to the global goal. For the past 12 years, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) has been keeping track of countries’ efforts in combating climate change. The varying initial positions, interests and strategies of the numerous countries make it difficult to distinguish their strengths and weaknesses and the CCPI has been an important tool in contributing to a clearer understanding of national and international climate policy.

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UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Indices | 9. December 2018

The Climate Change Performance Index: Background and Methodology

The Climate Change Performance Index is an instrument designed to enhance transparency in international climate politics. Its aim is to put political and social pressure on those countries which have, up until now, failed to take ambitious action on climate protection. It also aims to highlight those countries with best prac-tice climate policies.

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Authors

Jan Burck

Senior Advisor – Low-Carbon Strategies & Energy, Project Lead Climate Indices (On leave until 31.08.2025)

Thea Uhlich

Policy Advisor – Low-Carbon Strategies & Energy