News releases

Bonn - 19 June 2019 -- Amid growing public concern as climate impacts start to bite, governments must take bold action to address the rise in greenhouse gas emissions, but most of them are not, said the Climate Action Tracker at the Bonn climate talks today, as it released its read more...

The CAT has launched our newly redesigned decarbonisation data portal. The new design improves user-friendliness and makes our extensive dataset even more accessible. Look out for updated data coming summer 2019!The data portal is dedicated to tracking the underlying drivers of greenhouse gas emissions. It’s clear that to stay within read more...

The latest paper in our decarbonisation series looks at the high-speed, large-scale transformations that must be achieved on the way to the zero-carbon future required to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5˚C warming limit.Reaching a “transformation point”—the moment when new technologies, behaviours or market models achieve critical mass and take off—can read more...

If all governments achieve their largely insufficient climate targets, the world will see 3.0˚C of warming by 2100, twice the 1.5˚C limit they agreed in Paris three years ago, according to the Climate Action Tracker’s annual update, delivered today at the climate talks in Katowice, Poland. However, there has been read more...

The European Union could reduce its emissions by more than 50% by 2030 compared to 1990 by scaling up climate action in just three sectors: electricity supply, residential buildings and passenger road transport, according to a new analysis released today by the Climate Action Tracker. These three sectors account for read more...

28 November 2018—South Africa has the potential to significantly reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by scaling up climate action in just three sectors, with positive impacts on access to urban mobility, improved housing and new employment opportunities, says a new analysis released today. The three sectors—covering 50% of South read more...

The Climate Action Tracker will be active at COP24; here is an overview of our events and outputs.We look forward to seeing you in Katowice! December 6, 10:00–10:30, Press Conference Room Katowice. Press Conference: Launch of EU Scaling Up Climate Action report. All welcome.December 6, 16:00–16:45, South Africa Pavilion (H9). read more...

The US Environmental Protection Agency’s move to replace the Clean Power Plan (CPP) will see a flattening of US emissions instead of a downward trend, and poses a lost opportunity to accelerate the current movement toward a decarbonised electricity sector in the US. The EPA’s new rule is a nail read more...

One year ago this week (June 1 2017), President Trump announced the US would withdraw from the Paris Agreement. The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) has recently updated its assessment of US climate action, and has found the following:Despite efforts by the Trump Administration to roll back climate policies, renewable energy read more...

Despite its significant contribution to global warming, the road freight transport sector is often neglected in government policies, according to the Climate Action Tracker’s (CAT) latest memo in its decarbonisation series. The memo was released as Ministers from over 80 countries gather in Leipzig, Germany, for the International Transport Forum read more...