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...

Virtual Event - Climate Action in Africa

The Climate Action Tracker held a virtual event on Monday, December 12 entitled: “What’s next for the African continent? Charting a path to ambitious climate action in 2023” Governments scrambled in 2022 to shore up energy security in the wake of the energy crisis caused by Russia’s illegal invasion of read more...

Closing the Emissions Gap: A Climate Action Roadmap for Limiting Warming to 1.5°C

Authors: Sophie Boehm, Clea Schumer, Kelly Levin, Louise Jeffery (CAT), Claire Fyson (CAT), Joe Thwaites, Stephen Naimoli, Aman Majid (CAT), Katie Lebling, Anna Nilsson (CAT), Judit Hecke (CAT), Michelle Sims, Joel Jaeger, Ryan Wilson (CAT), Rich Waite, Emily Cassidy, Andreas Geiges (CAT), Anderson Lee, Neelam Singh, and Sebastian Castellanos.Table of read more...

Side event - Climate Week NYC 2022

The Climate Action Tracker held a virtual side event at Climate Week NYC 2022 on Wednesday, September 21 entitled: “What is good target design and how do countries compare?” What is a good target design and how do countries compare?The Climate Action Tracker tracks government climate action in around 40 read more...

The US Inflation Reduction Act an historic moment in global efforts to halt global warming

By Bill Hare and Niklas HöhneThis week is an historic week in the history of action on climate change, with the passing of the US Inflation Reduction Act that commits nearly $370 billion to climate action: the biggest piece of climate legislation in US history.Other countries have gone further and read more...

The faster fossil gas leaves our energy systems, the better it will be for the climate

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a provocation for global change. Intensifying efforts to reduce the demand for fossil gas is the right response to deal simultaneously with both the climate and Russia/Ukraine crises. We are now within the critical decade for climate action - by the end of this decade, read more...

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