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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...

In the wake of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, the rush to build new gas infrastructure around the world to replace Russian supplies will either lock the world into irreversible warming, or create a mass of stranded assets, according to new analysis released by the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) today. read more...

Ahead of the climate talks starting in Bonn on Monday, the Climate Action Tracker today published an analysis of government progress since COP26 in Glasgow.Summary of findingsDespite the clear warning on the extreme dangers of exceeding 1.5°C warming from the IPCC, progress on new, more ambitious 2030 climate targets and read more...

This press release is also available in English.Während die deutsche Ampel-Regierung die Umsetzung der Klimapolitik im Inland deutlich beschleunigt, muss sie mehr tun, um ihr Ziel für 2030 zu erreichen. Dieses Ziel müsste sogar noch höher sein, um die Emissionen auf einen 1,5˚C-kompatiblen Pfad zu bringen, so die heute veröffentlichte read more...

Diese Pressemitteilung ist auch auf Deutsch verfügbar.While the newly-elected German government is significantly accelerating domestic climate policy implementation, it needs to take more action to achieve its 2030 target, which itself would need to be stronger to get emissions onto a 1.5˚C compatible pathway, according to the Climate Action Tracker’s read more...

The buildings sector is responsible for one fifth of global emissions, but governments are doing little to address them compared with other sectors, despite the necessary technologiesand successful policies beingtested already, saysa new report released by the Climate Action Tracker today.“Decarbonising buildings: achieving zero carbon heating and cooling” looks at read more...