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Indonesia’s new climate goals: positive developments but some red flags
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...
Decarbonising the iron and steel sector: China, India and the US
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...
The climate opportunity for the new UK government
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...
Net zero or real zero? Assessing the carbon dioxide removal in net zero pledges
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...
EU's Green Deal improved its climate performance: a 1.5°C pathway is close
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...
ANALYSIS: Reliance on sinks and support of fossil fuels undermines Australia's climate action
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...
Tracking Climate Action: How the World Can Still Limit Warming to 1.5 Degrees C
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...
Virtual Event - The State of Climate Action in 2023
When? November 15, 4 - 5:30 pm (CET) / 10 - 11:30 am (EST)Where? Online Climate change is already wreaking havoc across the planet, devastating communities and ecosystems around the world. Humanity can no longer afford to delay addressing the climate crisis. With the first Global Stocktake drawing to a read more...
Virtual Event – Pulling the plug on fossils in power
The Climate Action Tracker held a virtual event on 1.5°C aligned benchmarks for decarbonising the power sector on Tuesday, September 19 entitled: “Pulling the plug on fossil fuels in power” At the event, we launched our report on 1.5°C aligned benchmarks for decarbonising the power sector and briefing on whether read more...
5 Shifts Needed to Decarbonize Industry
by Anna Nilsson (Climate Action Tracker) and Neelam Singh (World Resources Institute) under the Systems Change Lab project If the world is going to shift away from the most damaging impacts of the climate crisis, it needs to decarbonize the industry sector. Industry is made up of the processes we read more...
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