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The future of natural gas is limited, even as a bridging fuel. Continued investments into the sector create the risk of breaching the Paris Agreement’s long-term temperature goal and will… More...

President Trump’s announcement expected in the White House Rose Garden today that the US will pull out of the Paris Agreement will be a severe backwards move and an abrogation… More...

Global leadership on climate is changing: Positive developments on coal use in China and India are likely to reduce projected global carbon emissions growth by roughly two to three billion… More...

Triggering a global transformation of our energy systems as required by the Paris Agreement does not take the whole world—it can be started by just a small group of countries,… More...

US President Trump’s Executive Order on “Promoting Energy Independence and Economic Growth” sets the US on a path to miss its Paris Agreement commitment for 2025 by a large margin,… More...

To ensure that the aims of the Paris Agreement can be met, progress towards both individual goals (NDCs) and the global goals (e.g. the long-term temperature goal) needs to be… More...

      Which country is making more progress in decarbonising their road transport sector with low-carbon fuels? Which country has a higher share  of renewable energy? How does this look for countries without a… More...

Marrakech, 16 November 2016 --The Climate Action Tracker today spelt out ten important, short-term steps that key sectors need to take to help the world achieve the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C… More...

Full briefing here. Marrakech—10 November 2016 – The rapid entry into force of the Paris Agreement has created the legal basis for countries to increase their level of action and… More...

The building sector accounts for around 20% of climate-changing emissions, and its energy demand is likely to double by mid-century without action, according to a Climate Action Tracker (CAT) analysis… More...

Zero-emission vehicles need to reach a dominant market share by around 2035 for the world to meet the Paris Agreement’s lower warming limit of 1.5°C—and even that could be too… More...

The G20 needs to increase efforts to move to a green, low-carbon economy, especially in the areas of coal power expansion and climate policy, but is beginning to head in… More...

Click here for briefing. From the perspective of the Climate Action Tracker, the Paris Agreement will positively influence the world’s ability to limit the adverse effects of climate change. For the… More...

Click here for full briefing. There are strong immediate and domestic incentives to undertake greater mitigation efforts to limit global warming to 2°C, or to 1.5°C as many governments are… More...

Click here for full briefing. Paris-8 December 2015- With 158 climate pledges now submitted to the UN, accounting for 94% of global emissions, the Climate Action Tracker today confirmed this… More...

Click here for full briefing Coal plant plans could wipe out hope of holding warming below 2°C and threaten achievement of INDCs Paris – 1 December 2015-- If all coal… More...

Click here for the full assessment.  The Saudi Arabian response to a strong Paris Agreement that reduced CO2 emissions would be, paradoxically, to weaken its own climate commitments, according to the… More...

The 2015 G20 Summit, (Turkey, 15-16 November) will see Heads of State and Government meet to discuss, among other issues, development, energy and climate change finance. All G20 members have… More...

Haga click aquí para ver el análisis en español (Click here for this analysis in Spanish).  While Brazil and Peru have better climate plans than Chile or Argentina, none of them have been… More...

Turkey’s climate plans, submitted to the UN ahead of the upcoming Paris Climate Summit, have been rated “inadequate” by international research analysts, the Climate Action Tracker, which says the country’s… More...

The Indonesian Government’s climate plans and analysis submitted to the UN last month are suffering from a “profound” lack of detail and credibility around both its emissions projections for deforestation,… More...

Full assessment here. The Climate Action Tracker estimates a “best-guess” (median) global warming by 2100 of 2.7°C above pre-industrial, based on its assessment of pledges and policies in INDCs  from… More...

Full analysis The Indian Government is likely to overachieve its 2030 climate intensity target without having to implement any new policies, the Climate Action Tracker said today. In its climate… More...

On UN deadline, Government climate pledges, if implemented, would warm world by 2.7°C The combination of Government climate action plans, if implemented, would bring global warming down to 2.7°C,  according… More...

Government climate action would see warming well beyond 2°C – analysis Bonn -- 2 September 2015 -- The climate targets so far submitted to the UN by governments collectively lead… More...

Without further policies, Australia’s emissions are set to increase substantially - around 27% above 2005 levels by 2030, according to an assessment by an international research analysis, the Climate Action… More...

The 20% goal for renewables in the US and Brazilian power sectors is a step in the rightdirection. The main positive point is that it is an example of countries… More...

President Obama announced on Monday, 3 August 2015, the final version of the clean power plan that is to reduce emissions from power plants significantly. While it is an update… More...

Read the full analysis here. New Zealand climate target “inadequate” and “far from doing its fair share” - international analysis. New Zealand is far from doing its “fair share” of… More...

China’s new climate plans announced this week for the Paris Climate Agreement are conflicted, the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) said today.    China’s non-fossil primary energy target, actions to reduce… More...

Press Release, 2 July 2015 — South Korea’s climate plans, announced this week, will see the country double emissions by 2030 compared to 1990, and have been rated “inadequate” by the Climate… More...

Press Release, 26 June 2015 — An international research group, the Climate Action Tracker, has labelled all four of the South Korean Government’s options for climate action as “inadequate.” The Climate… More...

Japan’s proposed INDC “inadequate” and opposite to its G7 commitment - Climate Action Tracker  9 June 2015 -- Japan can almost reach its proposed - and “inadequate” - INDC target without taking… More...

Bonn – 04 June 2015 -- The combined climate plans for the G7 and EU have made a small step towards the right track to hold warming to 2?C, but… More...

Press release, 20 May 2015 – Canada’s new INDC ranks as “inadequate” under the Climate Action Tracker’s methodology. Under its INDC, Canada proposes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 2005 levels in 2030.… More...

Press release, 15 April 2015 – Japan could be able to meet its (as yet unofficial) 2030 emissions reduction target of 20% below 2013 levels by 2030 without having to implement any… More...

Climate Action Tracker assesses government climate proposals on what’s “fair” and holds warming below 2°C. Press release, 31 March 2015--The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) has developed the most comprehensive method… More...

The European Union has submitted its "intended nationally determined contribution" (INDC) to a new international agreement on climate change.The EU target is to reduce domestic greenhouse gas emissions by at… More...

Switzerland is the first country to formally submit an INDC to the UNFCCC. It aims at halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, with at least a… More...

The European Commission has made a proposal that specifies its “intended nationally determined contribution” (INDC) to the new international agreement on climate change. The proposal is to reduce domestic greenhouse… More...

Lima - 12 December 2014 In order to be able to evaluate the effect of government proposals on their emissions, and to evaluate the collective total global effect of the… More...

To learn more, read our full briefing and the press release. Australia’s emissions are set to increase substantially under the Australian Government’s climate policies to more than 50% above 1990 levels by 2020. … More...

For the first time since 2009 the Climate Action Tracker calculates a discernibly lower temperature increase than previously estimated because of new proposed post-2020 actions. Recent announcements by China, the… More...

The Climate Action Tracker has undertaken an initial assessment of the recent announcements by the United States and China’s new pledges and proposals on emissions reductions for 2025 and 2030,… More...

US China cooperation could make major difference to emissions gap Bonn –-21 October 2014 -- If the US and China were to adopt global best practice in their domestic action… More...

Comments from Climate Action Tracker research groups.  Bill Hare, Director, Climate Analytics:    "The almost universal reaffirmation of a commitment to limit warming below 2degC by leaders at the Summit,… More...

A rapid phase out of coal as an electricity source by 2050 would reduce warming by half a degree, according to the Climate Action Tracker, in an update released today ahead… More...

All governments will have to significantly increase their action on climate change – both before 2020 and after, reducing total global greenhouse gas emissions to zero between 2060 and 2080,… More...

Weak government action on climate change will lead to a projected 3.7degC of warming by 2100, around 0.6degC higher than the original promises they made in Copenhagen, the Climate Action… More...

Japan’s new 2020 target of a 3.8% cut in emissions at 2005 levels, announced overnight, will increase its own emissions and widen the global emissions gap by 3-4%, according to… More...

The Australian Government’s plans to dismantle the current climate legislation could lead to it increasing emissions in 2020 rather than meeting its target of reducing them by 5% from 2000… More...

National action on climate change mitigation appears to be joining the international climate negotiations in the new and ever popular “climate shuffle” dance. It involves maximum effort and motion while… More...

We have created a graphic to illustrate the choices we have after the Doha Gateway agreement. Please feel free to download and share. While the official UNFCCC negotiations made some… More...

  Doha - 30  November  2012  –  Limiting  global  warming  below  2degC  –  or  even  to  below  1.5DegC remains  technically  and  economically  feasible,  but  only  with  political  ambition  backed  by … More...

The current Climate Action Tracker (CAT) analysis estimates that pledges under the most likely scenario result in a warming of 3.3°C with a 68% confidence interval of 2.6-4.1°C. The previous… More...

Governments are still set to send global temperatures above 3°C by 2100, even though their agreed warming limit of 2°C is still technically possible, scientists said today. In releasing their… More...

Bonn – 24 May 2012- Many governments do not appear to be implementing policies to meet their 2020 emission reduction pledges, and could increase – not shrink, the gap between… More...

Mexico has made some of the most advanced efforts in the developing world to tackle climate change, including passing strong climate change law, however Mexico still has a long way… More...

Durban—11 December 2011-- As the climate talks in Durban concluded tonight with a groundbreaking establishment of the Durban Platform to negotiate a new global agreement by  2015, scientists stated that… More...

Delaying any decisions on future climate action until 2015 or 2020 will bring a rapidly increasing risk in costs and threatens the likelihood of the world being able to keep… More...

Australia’s new climate legislation is a historic breakthrough, but is still not stringent enough to help the world keep global warming to below 2 degrees C, according to a major… More...

Indeed China may even surpass some of its Cancun climate pledges, yet its emissions will rise higher than expected. The Climate Action Tracker analysed China’s 12th Five Year Plan, announced… More...

UNFCCC meetings are held in Bonn from  6 - 17 June 2011. The UNFCCC workshops see emissions gap unchanged since Cancun. Emissions are at historic high while action is not.… More...

At the workshops at the UNFCCC meetings in Bangkok on 3 and 4 April, countries clarified their pledges, but did not increase their ambition level. The Climate Action Tracker issued… More...

The compilation of the pledges by developed countries and developing countries is the documentation of the status of Cancun. No country changed its pledge so far. The workshops at the… More...

The Climate Action Tracker is linked on the UNFCCC website as assessment of the Cancun Agreements. More...

Update after Cancun climate talks. Updated briefing paper. More...

Current negotiating text on surplus allowances and forestry was analysed. More...

Assessments for Annex I countries were updated by including latest emission inventories submitted to the UNFCCC and updating Party-preferred options for LULUCF accounting. Chile added as new country. The rating… More...

Assessments were updated for all countries (Annex I and non-Annex I). We updated effort sharing calculations to be in line with a global emission limit of 44 GtCO2e in 2020.… More...

Assessment for Annex I countries and China were updated, Kazakhstan was added as new country. More...

"Copenhagen Accord pledges are paltry" titles an article in the journal "Nature" by Climate Action Tracker authors. They find that the current national emissions reduction pledges accompanying the Copenhagen Accord… More...

55 countries submit their targets under the Copenhagen Accord. Almost all countries reaffirm their proposals made in the Copenhagen negotiations in December 2009. More...

Russian President Dmitri Medwedew announced a new target of 22-25% below 1990 levels for 2020, an improvement from the previous target of 15%. We now take the range for commitments… More...

The Copenhagen Accord was agreed at the end of the Copenhagen climate summit. It aspires 2°C, but it remains unclear whether it will be achieved. Currently, no quantified emission reductions… More...

This paper provides an overview of the reduction proposals that countries put forward until 15 December 2009 as collected for the Climate Action Tracker by Ecofys, Climate Analytics and the… More...

Data newly submitted to UNFCCC (November 2009) on forest management from New Zealand allows a first calculation of its preferred 'forward-looking baseline' option for forestry credits, which was previously not… More...

With only five days to go before a Head of Government Agreement on climate change at Copenhagen, even the best emission reductions proposal are only half way to the limits… More...

Recent independent analyses of current mitigation proposals on the table in Copenhagen by Nicholas Stern, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Ecofys,… More...

Mexico increased its offer from 20% to 30% reduction below the BAU in 2020. The target is still conditional to financial support. Mexico remains at Medium. More...

During the Copenhagen climate summit, The Russian Federation stated that the 2020 targets announced some weeks before by President Dmitri Medwedew were not to be interpreted as an official submission… More...

India has offered a target to reduce emissions per GDP by 20% to 25% from 2005 to 2020. Assessment of the target is difficult as the underlying data were not… More...

The day before the Copenhagen climate summit, South Africa announced an emission reduction target. It is welcomed that South Africa proposes a quantitative target. However, South Africa remains at Inadequate,… More...

“Climate Action Tracker” shows that the world is headed for a global warming of 3.5°C by 2100. Carbon dioxide concentrations of are projected to be over 650 ppm, with total… More...

The greenhouse gas emission data for Indonesia was revised. It is now based on the National Climate Change Council draft report "Indonesia GHG abatement cost curve" by McKinsey as presented… More...

USA and China have announced new emission targets on 25 and 26 November 2009 respectively. The US president stated that the US emissions reduction target would be in the range… More...

Based on our review of Switzerland's submission, we recalculated the credits/debits from LULUCF accounting. The accounting method for the accounting period 2013-2020 was changed from net-net relative to 1990 to… More...

Brazil and South Korea have announced emission reduction targets. Brazil moves from Medium to Sufficient and Korea moves from Inadequate to Medium. More...

The Climate Action Tracker was released publically at the end of an intense week of climate talks in Barcelona. More...

A select group of experts have started beta-testing the Climate Action Tracker. More...