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Decarbonising Colombia’s transport sector
Decarbonising Colombia’s transport sector, a major contributor to the country’s emissions, will be critical towards achieving its net zero target. While Colombia has been making progress on promoting electric mobility, it could do more to establish 1.5°C compatible targets and to support EV uptake, particularly through expanding its charging network.Under read more...
What do governments need to deliver in 2022?
The dust is settling on COP26 with analyses flying in on the good, the bad, and the “best we could hope for”. But COP26 is not the end of the story and to bring 1.5°C back from the edge we need to see momentum on real emissions reductions pick up read more...
New paper in Science confirms updated NDCs more likely to meet warming limits than in 2015
by Louise Jeffery, NewClimate Institute We have a paper published in Science today, with contributions from a number of CAT authors, that confirms that the latest, updated climate targets - or NDC's, if implemented, would result in a stronger near-term foundation for reaching the global warming goals of 2˚C and read more...
Webinar - New Ratings System
In September 2021 we launched our brand new rating system. Now, we rate a whole range of government actions, instead of our previous, single fair share rating of a government's Paris Agreement target. We understand there's a lot to take in with this new system. It brings a much deeper read more...
We’re Not on Track for 1.5 Degrees C. What Will it Take?
By: Sophie Boehm (WRI), Katie Lebling (WRI), Kelly Levin (Bezos Earth Fund), Hanna Fekete (NewClimate Institute), Rich Waite (WRI), Anna Nilsson (NewClimate Institute), Ryan Wilson (Climate Analytics), Andreas Geiges (Climate Analytics), Joel Jaeger (WRI) and Dan Plechaty (ClimateWorks Foundation). This decade is our make-or-break opportunity to avoid the most devastating read more...
Wave of net zero targets give hope for Paris Agreement goals – two studies confirm in Nature Climate Change
by Niklas Höhne, NewClimate Institute, and Matthew Gidden, Climate Analytics The recent wave of national net zero greenhouse gas emissions targets gives hope that Paris Agreement goals can be reached. This was the subject of two different reports late last year, by the Climate Action Tracker and the UNEP Emissions read more...
South Africa's Presidential climate commission recommends stronger mitigation target range for updated NDC: close to 1.5°C compatible
The South African Presidential Climate Commission, a multi-stakeholder group established by President Ramaphosa to advise on the country’s NDC update, has recommended that South Africa put forward an even stronger target than currently contained in the government’s draft NDC. The lower end of the Commission’s proposed emission limit range is read more...
What makes a good national net zero target? Our ten-step evaluation methodology, explained
by Frederic Hans, Silke Mooldijk & Claire Fyson The last year has seen a wave of national net zero target announcements. This has triggered an important discussion among policy makers, civil society, and academics on the usefulness, scientific robustness, and real-world impact of these targets.[i]At their best, well-designed and ambitious read more...
Phasing out fossil fuel vehicle sales by 2030 will help to make US transport sector policy 1.5°C compatible
Recently-proposed US road transport decarbonisation policies are insufficient for reaching the 1.5°C Paris Agreement temperature goalA 2030 phase-out of fossil fuel light duty vehicle sales in the US would be 1.5°C compatible, and combined with targeted support for zero emission vehicle infrastructure development, is one of the most effective potential read more...
CAT comment on China's 14th Five Year Plan
There is no significant change in China’s narrative of dirty (coal) vs clean energy: the plan includes a high promotion of both.China has re-committed to peaking CO2 emissions before 2030 and states there will be a plan to implement it. But the question is whether its continued focus on boosting read more...
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