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The global carbon budget to keep warming below 1.5°C is rapidly diminishing. Despite this fact, and the need for all sectors to decarbonise, buildings sector emissions have remained stubbornly consistent -- they make up roughly a fifth of total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In our latest report, we examine read more...

The world is at a crucial juncture in the race to meet the Paris Agreement’s long-term goal of limiting warming to 1.5˚C, and it's critical to understand whether governments' implemented and planned collective actions are sufficient to achieve this goal. At the Climate Action Tracker we regularly analyse data to read more...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...