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In November 2023 at COP28, governments agreed to “transition away” from fossil fuels in the energy sector and reconfirmed this decision at the UN General Assembly in September 2024.But several countries’ actions are inconsistent with these agreements: particularly around the issue of fossil fuel exports. The fossil fuel production industry read more...

By Sophie Boehm, Clea Schumer, Kelly Levin, Joel Jaeger, Judit Hecke, Danial Riaz, Raychel Santo, Katie Lebling, Anna Nilsson, Emily Daly, Marie-Charlotte Geffray, Neil Grant, Louise Jeffery, and Michelle Sims under the Systems Change Lab project The UN’s most recent Emissions Gap Report issues a clear warning: Current policies and read more...

By Michael Petroni and Cindy BaxterAs transport demand and associated emissions continue to grow around the world, the most critical part of this sector in the global energy transition is road transport emissions, which contribute 72% of the sector's total emissions.We've just published a new report that gives updated 1.5˚C read more...

by Nabila Putri Salsabila and Jamie WongIndonesia has released a draft of its Second Nationally Determined Contribution (SNDC) for public consultation, which includes its updated 2030 targets and new 2035 climate goals. The government plans to submit the final version before COP29 in early November, where countries are expected to read more...

By Norah Zhang, Anna Nilsson and Cindy Baxter Iron and steel production currently contribute around 7-8% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, so decarbonising this sector is fundamental to reaching net zero and meeting the Paris Agreement's 1.5°C warming limit.Traditionally seen as a "hard-to-abate" industry, the steel sector now has read more...

As the dust settles on the UK elections, our UK lead Dr Neil Grant looks at the climate challenges ahead for Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and his Energy Secretary Ed Miliband. The biggest challenge - and indeed opportunity - for the new UK government, is to take the lead read more...

by Frederic Hans, Sarah Heck, and Silke Mooldijk Here, we present our recent findings on our Climate Action Tracker evaluation of net zero targets’ scope, architecture, and transparency. We have adapted extracts from Chapter 3.8 of our December 2023 Global Update.In our latest analysis of net zero targets, we find read more...

Since the 2019 EU elections, the EU has significantly improved its climate performance through its implementation of the Green Deal. The EU’s emissions are now on a path consistent with scenarios that limit global temperature increase to a little above 2°C, a more than 1˚C improvement on the emissions pathway read more...

Authors: Thomas Houlie, Maria José de Villafranca, Bill HareWe've just completed our analysis of Australia's climate action and, unfortunately, it seems the Australian government has failed to deliver on its promise to “take the country forward on climate action” as it had promised.Australia's massive reliance on sinks in the land read more...

Authors: Sophie Boehm, Clea Schumer, Emma Grier, Louise Jeffery (CAT), Judit Hecke (CAT), Joel Jaeger, Claire Fyson (CAT), Kelly Levin, Anna Nilsson (CAT), Stephen Naimoli, Emily Daly (CAT), Joe Thwaites, Katie Lebling, Richard Waite, Jason Collis (CAT), Michelle Sims, Neelam Singh, William Lamb, Sebastian Castellanos, Anderson Lee, Marie-Charlotte Geffray (CAT), read more...