Climate Change Performance Index

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is a scoring system designed by the German environmental and development organisation Germanwatch e.V. to enhance transparency in international climate politics. On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 63 countries and the European Union (EU) (status CCPI 2022), which are together responsible for more than 90% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.^[1]

2023 Climate Change Performance Index

The CCPI was first published in 2005 and an updated version is presented at the UN Climate Change Conference annually. Germanwatch publishes the index in cooperation with the NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network International and with financial support from Barthel Foundation.^[2] The most important results are available in German, English, French and Spanish.

Methodology

In 2017, the underlying methodology of the CCPI was revised and adapted to the new climate policy framework of the Paris Agreement from 2015.^[3] The CCPI was extended in order to include the measurement of a country’s progress towards the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and the country’s 2030 targets. The national performances are assessed based on 14 indicators in the following four categories:

1. GHG emissions (weighting 40%)

2. Renewable energy (weighting 20%)

3. Energy use (weighting 20%)

4. Climate policy (weighting 20%)

The three categories "GHG emissions", "renewable energy" and "energy use" are each defined by four equally weighted indicators: (1) current level, (2) recent developments (5-year trend), (3) 2 °C compatibility of the current performance, and (4) 2 °C compatibility of 2030 target. These 12 indicators are complemented by two indicators, measuring the country's performance regarding its national climate policy framework and implementation as well as regarding international climate diplomacy in the category "climate policy". The data for the "climate policy" category is assessed annually in a comprehensive research study. Its basis is the performance rating by climate change experts from non-governmental organisations, universities and think tanks within the countries that are evaluated. In a questionnaire, the respondents give a rating on the most important measures of their governments. The results are rated as very high, high, medium, low, or very low.^[4]

Results

The most recent results illustrate the main regional differences in climate protection efforts and performance within the 57 evaluated countries and the EU. According to the CCPI, none of the countries has yet achieved a performance across all indicators that can be qualified as very high, because no country fulfills the requirements to limit global warming to well below 2 °C, as agreed in the Paris Agreement. This is why the first three places in the final ranking remain unoccupied. In 2023, the CCPI did not evaluate the performance of Ukraine due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the CCPI index for 2023, Denmark led the index followed by Sweden and Chile.^[5] The last three were Iran, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan.^[6][7][a]

2023 results

Rank	Country	Score
1	-	-
2	-	-
3	-	-
4	Denmark	79.61
5	Sweden	73.28
6	Chile	69.54
7	Morocco	67.44
8	India	67.35
9	Estonia	65.14
10	Norway	64.47
11	United Kingdom	63.07
12	Philippines	62.75
13	Netherlands	62.24
14	Portugal	61.55
15	Finland	61.24
16	Germany	61.11
17	Luxembourg	60.76
18	Malta	60.42
19	European Union (27)	59.96
20	Egypt	59.37
21	Lithuania	59.21
22	Switzerland	58.61
23	Spain	58.59
24	Greece	57.52
25	Latvia	56.81
26	Indonesia	54.59
27	Colombia	54.50
28	France	52.97
29	Italy	52.90
30	Croatia	52.04
31	Mexico	51.77
32	Austria	51.56
33	New Zealand	50.55
34	Slovak Republic	50.12
35	Cyprus	49.39
36	Bulgaria	49.15
37	Ireland	48.47
38	Brazil	48.39
39	Belgium	48.38
40	Viet Nam	48.31
41	Slovenia	48.16
42	Thailand	47.23
43	Romania	47.09
44	South Africa	45.69
45	Czech Republic	44.16
46	Belarus	43.69
47	Turkey	43.32
48	Algeria	42.26
49	Argentina	41.19
50	Japan	40.85
51	China	38.80
52	United States	38.53
53	Hungary	38.51
54	Poland	37.94
55	Australia	36.26
56	Malaysia	33.51
57	Taiwan	28.35
58	Canada	26.47
59	Russian Federation	25.28
60	South Korea	24.91
61	Kazakhstan	24.61
62	Saudi Arabia	22.41
63	Islamic Republic of Iran	18.77

2022 results

Rank	Country	Score
1	-	-
2	-	-
3	-	-
4	Denmark	76.67
5	Sweden	74.22
6	Norway	73.29
7	United Kingdom	73.09
8	Morocco	71.60
9	Chile	69.51
10	India	69.20
11	Lithuania	64.89
12	Malta	64.18
13	Germany	63.53
14	Finland	62.41
15	Switzerland	61.70
16	Portugal	61.11
17	France	61.01
18	Luxembourg	60.80
19	Netherlands	60.44
20	Ukraine	60.40
21	Egypt	59.74
22	European Union (27)	59.21
23	Philippines	58.98
24	Greece	58.22
25	Colombia	57.87
26	Latvia	57.73
27	Indonesia	57.17
28	Mexico	56.05
29	Croatia	55.96
30	Italy	55.39
31	Thailand	55.01
32	Estonia	54.98
33	Brazil	54.86
34	Spain	54.35
35	New Zealand	54.03
36	Romania	52.43
37	Austria	52.35
38	China	52.20
39	South Africa	51.13
40	Slovak Republic	50.67
41	Turkey	50.53
42	Cyprus	50.52
43	Viet Nam	49.21
44	Bulgaria	48.71
45	Japan	48.53
46	Ireland	47.86
47	Argentina	47.08
48	Belarus	46.66
49	Belgium	45.90
50	Slovenia	43.28
51	Czech Republic	42.15
52	Poland	40.63
53	Hungary	40.41
54	Algeria	39.91
55	United States	37.39
56	Russian Federation	34.73
57	Malaysia	33.74
58	Taiwan	30.70
59	Australia	30.06
60	South Korea	26.74
61	Canada	26.03
62	Islamic Republic of Iran	25.66
63	Saudi Arabia	24.25
64	Kazakhstan	19.23

2021 results

Rank	Country	Score
1	(None achieved 1-3 rank)
2
3
4	Sweden	74.42
5	United Kingdom	69.66
6	Denmark	69.42
7	Morocco	67.59
8	Norway	64.45
9	Chile	64.05
10	India	63.98

2020 results

Rank	Country	Score
1	-	-
2	-	-
3	-	-
4	Sweden	75.77
5	Denmark	71.14
6	Morocco	70.63
7	United Kingdom	69.80
8	Lithuania	66.22
9	India	66.02
10	Finland	63.25
11	Chile	62.88
12	Norway	61.14
13	Luxembourg	60.91
14	Malta	60.60
15	Latvia	60.75
16	Switzerland	60.61
17	Ukraine	60.60
18	France	57.90
19	Egypt	57.53
20	Croatia	56.97
21	Brazil	55.82
22	European Union (28)	55.82
23	Germany	55.78
24	Romania	54.85
25	Portugal	54.10
26	Italy	53.92
27	Slovak Republic	52.69
28	Greece	52.59
29	Netherlands	50.89
30	China	48.16
31	Estonia	48.05
32	Mexico	47.01
33	Thailand	46.76
34	Spain	46.03
35	Belgium	45.73
36	South Africa	45.67
37	New Zealand	45.67
38	Austria	44.74
39	Indonesia	44.65
40	Belarus	44.18
41	Ireland	44.04
42	Argentina	43.77
43	Czech Republic	42.93
44	Slovenia	41.91
45	Cyprus	41.66
46	Algeria	41.45
47	Hungary	41.17
48	Turkey	40.76
49	Bulgaria	40.12
50	Poland	39.98
51	Japan	39.03
52	Russia	37.8
53	Malaysia	34.21
54	Kazakhstan	33.39
55	Canada	31.01
56	Australia	30.75
57	Iran	28.41
58	South Korea	26.75
59	Taiwan	23.33
60	Saudi Arabia	23.03
61	United States	18.60

2019 results

Rank	Country	Score
1	-	-
2	-	-
3	-	-
4	Sweden	76
5	Morocco	70.48
6	Lithuania	70.47
7	Latvia	68.31
8	United Kingdom	65.92
9	Switzerland	65.42
10	Malta	65.06
11	India	62.93
12	Norway	62.80
13	Finland	62.61
14	Croatia	62.39
15	Denmark	61.96
16	European Union (28)	60.65
17	Portugal	60.54
18	Ukraine	60.09
19	Luxembourg	59.92
20	Romania	59.42
21	France	59.30
22	Brazil	59.29
23	Italy	58.69
24	Egypt	57.49
25	Mexico	56.82
26	Slovak Republic	56.61
27	Germany	55.18
28	Netherlands	54.11
29	Belarus	53.31
30	Greece	50.86
31	Belgium	50.63
32	Czech Republic	49.73
33	China	49.60
34	Argentina	49.01
35	Spain	48.97
36	Austria	48.78
37	Thailand	48.71
38	Indonesia	48.68
39	South Africa	48.25
40	Bulgaria	48.11
41	Poland	47.59
42	Hungary	46.79
43	Slovenia	44.90
44	New Zealand	44.61
45	Estonia	44.37
46	Cyprus	44.34
47	Algeria	42.10
48	Ireland	40.84
49	Japan	40.63
50	Turkey	40.22
51	Malaysia	38.08
52	Russia	37.59
53	Kazakhstan	36.47
54	Canada	34.26
55	Australia	31.27
56	Taiwan	28.80
57	South Korea	28.53
58	Iran	23.94
59	United States	18.82
60	Saudi Arabia	8.82

External links

• Official website  
• The Climate Change Performance Index 2022(english version)
• Background and Methodology (English version only)
• Climate Change Performance Index 2022: Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse (German version)
• Principaux résultats de l'Indice de Performance Climatique (IPC) 2020 (French version)
• Los principales resultados del Indice de Desempeño frente al Cambio Climático (IDCC) 2020 (Spanish version)

References

1. Hellman, Rachel. "U.S. Lags in Latest Climate Protection Rankings". Retrieved 7 September 2022. Developed by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network, the CCPI is an independent monitoring tool for tracking countries' climate protection performance.
2. Burck, Jan; Uhlich, Thea; Bals, Christoph; Höhne, Niklas; Nascimento, Leonardo; Tamblyn, Ana; Reuther, Jonas (November 2021). "Climate Change Performance Index 2022" (PDF). Germanwatch. (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-11. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
3. Prerna, Lidhoo (12 November 2021). "Top three spots at the Climate Change Performance Index 2022 remain empty, India at No. 10". Business Today.
4. Burck, Jan; Hagen, Ursula; Bals, Christoph; Helling, Violeta; Höhne, Niklas; Nascimento, Leonardo (10 December 2019). (PDF). Germanwatch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-28. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
5. "Denmark at top three on Climate Change Performance". Retrieved 25 June 2023.
6. "Iran ranks "very low" at Climate Change performance". www.tehrantimes.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
7. "Ranking at Official website". Retrieved 25 June 2023.
8. Latrech, Oumaima. "2022 Climate Change Performance Index: Morocco 5th Best Country Worldwide". Morocco World News.
9. "Morocco rates high in climate-change performance index". Business Standard India. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 7 September 2022.

Notes

1. In the CCPI index for 2020, Sweden led the ranking, followed by Denmark and Morocco.^[8][9] The last three ranks were taken by the United States, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.