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Cover CCPI 2021

UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Indices | 7. December 2020

The Climate Change Performance Index 2021: Results

Published annually since 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an independent monitoring tool for tracking the climate protection performance of 57 countries and the EU. It aims to enhance transparency in international climate politics and enables comparison of climate protection efforts and progress made by individual countries.

Cover Methodology CCPI2021

UN climate conferences International climate co-operation Indices | 7. December 2020

The Climate Change Performance Index 2021: Background and Methodology

The Climate Change Performance Index compares 57 countries and the EU in the areas of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Energies, Energy Use and Climate Policy, thus providing a comprehensive overview of the current efforts and progress of the coun

Cover Climate Transparency Report 2020

International climate co-operation Report | 18. November 2020

Climate Transparency Report 2020

The G20 countries are responsible for around 75% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Last year, energy-related CO2 emissions in the G20 fell slightly for the first time, by 0.1% after a rise of 1.9% in 2018, without an economic crisis as a trigger.

Renewable Energy with people in africa - Titelblatt, Publikation

International climate co-operation Background Paper | 15. November 2020

The Role of Civil Society in Renewable Energy Cooperation in Africa

African countries have considerable and largely untapped potential in renewable energies. They have the potential to leapfrog to smart, participatory, distributed energy systems of the future without locking themselves into stranded fossil fuel assets and overly centralised energy systems. Thus, African countries can show the way to the future through bold plans and on-the-ground implementation.

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Mobility transition | 4. November 2020

Connecting Europe with a Rail Renaissance

Rail is already one of the cleanest transport modes. A renaissance of a truly European rail network could not only make a major contribution to achieving the European Union’s climate targets but could also make Europeans feel and live European integration in daily life. Yet, decades of political focus on road and air travel as well as nationalist thinking have led to a patchwork of national rail systems, which are sometimes in very poor shape. Cross-border rail transport is the sore spot of the European transport system. This policy paper presents eight measures to start off the European rail renaissance.

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International climate co-operation Policy Brief | 1. October 2020

Policy Brief on the EU-Africa-Strategy

The new EU-Africa Strategy was proposed in March 2020 by the European Commission and the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. The aim is to strengthen cooperation in five key areas.

Cover: Study 'Chicken Meat tested' 2020

Study | 27. October 2020

Chicken meat tested for resistance to Critically Important Antimicrobials for Human Medicine

Germanwatch discloses: Chicken meat from the PHW-Group, Germany's largest poultry company, is almost 60 percent contaminated with antibiotic-resistant pathogens. This is the result of a Germanwatch study in which chicken meat samples from the three largest EU producers were tested in the laboratory. Every third sample even showed resistance to reserve antibiotics. These are emergency antibiotics that people need when other antibiotics no longer help. The more resistant pathogens are introduced into the food chain and into our kitchens with chicken meat, the greater the health risk that these last-line antibiotics will lose their effectiveness.

MSI zur Stärkung unternehmerischer Sorgfaltspflichten

Corporate Accountability Position Paper | 1. July 2020

Requirements for effective multi-stakeholder initiatives to strengthen corporate due diligence

In order to strengthen corporate responsibility along supply and value chains, so-called multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs) are often used nationally and internationally. Most recently, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS) announced its intention to step up its efforts to promote EU-wide sectoral dialogues within the framework of Germany’s EU Council Presidency.

Briefing Paper ExCom#12

International climate co-operation Dealing with the impacts of climate change Briefing Paper | 1. October 2020

ExCom Meeting #12

The Briefing Paper on the 12th meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage from 12-16th October 2020 is mainly directed at persons interested in the discussions on Loss and Damage within the UNFCCC process. The meeting will take place in the middle of the Covid-19-crisis that comes across with severe challenges for vulnerable groups but also in regards of keeping up climate diplomacy.

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International climate co-operation Climate finance Policy Brief | 30. September 2020

A Human Rights-based Approach to Climate and Disaster Risk Financing

Climate and disaster risk financing (CDRF) measures and activities that governments or other actors carry out can affect the enjoyment of human rights.

Andrea Taubert

Secretariat and Project Assistance Bonn Office

Jenna Voß

Secretariat and Project Assistance Berlin Office (currently absent)