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International climate co-operation Press Release | 13.11.2006

No gold medal winners in climate protection competition

"If climate change protection were an Olympic Discipline, no country would make it to the medal ranks", concludes Matthias Duwe, Director of Climate Action Europe, based on the outcome of the country rankings that forms the base of the 2007 Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI). The CCPI results clearly show that current efforts to stop dangerous climate change are insufficient.

Deckblatt: Flyer Climate Expedition

Education for Sustainable Development | 1. August 2006

Climate Expedition: Live Satellite Pictures at your School

The Germanwatch Climate Expedition is targeting students from the age of ten years on all over Germany. More and more teachers, trainers, social groups and religious groups are asking for presentations for internal or external climate education events.

Deckblatt: Climate Risk Index 2006

Dealing with the impacts of climate change International climate co-operation Indices | 1. July 2006

Global Climate Risk Index 2006

The Global Climate Risk Index 2006 analyses how much countries and country groups have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss even

Deckblatt: Climate Change Performance Index 2006

UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Indices | 1. February 2006

The Climate Change Performance Index 2006

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an innovative instrument that brings more transparency into international climate politics. On the basis of standardised criteria, it evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of the 53 countries that, together, are responsible for more than 90 percent of the world-wide energy-related CO2 emissions. The goal of the index is to increase the political and societal pressure on those countries that have neglected their homework on climate change up to now.

International climate co-operation Press Release | 20.02.2006

More pressure for climate protection

The environment and development organisation Germanwatch presents today the results of the new international Climate Change Performance Index. The index compares the climate protection performance of 53 industrialised and emerging countries that, together, are responsible for 90 percent of the world-wide carbon dioxide emissions.