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.
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. The most important results are available in German, English, French and Spanish.
Methodology
In 2017, the underlying
methodology
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of the CCPI was revised and adapted to the new climate policy framework of the
Paris Agreement
The Paris Agreement (also called the Paris Accords or Paris Climate Accords) is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. The Paris Agreement was ...
from 2015. 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:
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GHG emissions (weighting 40%)
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Renewable energy
Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable resource, renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human lifetime, human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind pow ...
(weighting 20%)
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Energy use (weighting 20%)
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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
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in the category "climate policy". The data for the "climate policy" category is assessed annually in a comprehensive
research
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study. Its basis is the performance rating by
climate change
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experts from
non-governmental organisations,
universities
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and
think tanks
A think tank, or public policy institute, is a research institute that performs research and advocacy concerning topics such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, technology, and culture. Most think tanks are non-gov ...
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''.
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
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. This is why the first three places in the final ranking remain unoccupied. In 2023, the CCPI did not evaluate the performance of
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...
due to the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
. In the CCPI index for 2023,
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
led the index followed by
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
and
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
. The last three were
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
,
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
and
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...
.
In the CCPI Index for 2024,
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...
led the index at 4th followed by
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...
and the
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...
at 5th and 6th respectively. The bottom three were the
U.A.E,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
, and
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...
in that order from 65th to 67th.
2025
2024 and 2023
2022 and 2021
2020
2019
External links
Overall
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Background and Methodology(English version only)
2024
Climate Change Performance Index 2024: Short SummaryClimate Change Performance Index 2024 (English Version)
Climate Change Performance Index 2024: Background and MethodologyClimate Change Performance Index 2024: Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse (German Version)
2023
Climate Change Performance Index 2023(English Version)
Climate Change Performance Index 2023: Background and MethodologyClimate Change Performance Index 2023: Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse(German Version)
2022
The Climate Change Performance Index 2022(English version)
Climate Change Performance Index 2022: Background and MethodologyClimate Change Performance Index 2022: Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse(German Version)
2021
Climate Change Performance Index 2021(English Version)
Climate Change Performance Index 2021: Background and MethodologyClimate Change Performance Index 2021: 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
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