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The European Commission proposed a 2040 emission reductions target, which would only be 1.5˚C aligned if accompanied with significantly higher international climate finance and which, disappointingly, is at the least ambitious end of the 90-95% range recommended to it, the Climate Action Tracker said today.The new 2040 proposal assumes no read more...

Despite their promises, governments have not taken enough action to drive down warming projections, with some instead turning to false solutions such as CCS to continue the world's reliance on fossil fuels, the Climate Action Tracker said today as it released its annual warming update at COP28. In a year read more...

WASHINGTON (November 14, 2023) – Global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C are failing across the board, with recent progress made on every indicator — except electric passenger car sales — lagging significantly behind the pace and scale that is necessary to address the climate crisis, according to the State read more...

The Climate Action Tracker today released a new analysis of progress across 16 countries in fossil gas, coal and renewable power, showing a mixed bag of progress with some signs of hope.To help track global and country-level progress toward a decarbonised world, the Climate Action Tracker has established global and read more...

While COP28 president the UAE has slightly improved its 2030 climate target, it still plans to increase fossil fuel production and consumption and emissions are set to continue rising through 2030, according to the Climate Action Tracker's updated UAE analysis, published today.While the 2050 Energy Strategy published early this month read more...

Bonn, Germany—An immediate halt to new oil and gas investments and a phase-out of production should be the focus of the COP28 climate summit this year, as the sector is acting like there's a goldrush, not a climate crisis, the Climate Action Tracker warned today. The CAT today released a read more...

The world has overreached in its bid to respond to the energy crisis, to the extent that emissions from new gas capacity now threaten the 1.5˚C warming limit, says new analysis from the Climate Action Tracker.In its COP27 update, the Climate Action Tracker has calculated the CO2 emissions from all read more...

In a collaborative effort the Systems Change Lab, of which CAT is a partner, has launched a new open-source data platform: systemschangelab.org! It tracks global progress across nearly every major system, including how we power industries, build cities, govern societies and conserve nature.Systems Change Lab has identified more than 70 read more...

While many countries, cities, regions, companies and financial institutions have adopted more ambitious commitments to fight the climate crisis, significantly more action across all sectors is needed this decade to keep the Paris Agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C within reach, according to Systems Change Lab’s flagship report, read more...

22 September 2022 - Governments have not yet agreed on a long term climate target for international aviation and none of the three emissions reduction scenarios due to be discussed at an upcoming meeting are anywhere near Paris Agreement compatible, according to the Climate Action Tracker’s latest analysis of the read more...