Climate Change Performance Index

Why is in news? India jumps two spots to 8th rank on Climate Change Performance Index

India is amongst the top five best-performing countries on Climate Change.

The latest report of Climate Change Performance Index- 2023, released at COP 27, shows Denmark, Sweden, Chile and Morocco as the only four small countries that were ranked above India.

Power Ministry said, India has jumped two spots higher and now ranks 8th as per Climate Change Performance Index.

The first, second and third ranks were not awarded to any country.

The Ministry said, India has earned a high rating in the global greenhouse gas Emissions and Energy Use categories.

The CCPI is an independent monitoring tool for tracking the climate protection performance of 59 countries and the European Union.

Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network publish the index annually.

Published annually since 2005, the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) tracks countries’ efforts to combat climate change.

As an independent monitoring tool it aims to enhance transparency in international climate politics and enables comparison of climate protection efforts and progress made by individual countries.

The implementation phase of the Paris Agreement enters a crucial phase in the end of 2020, where countries are due to submit their updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

In light of this, the CCPI aims to inform the process of raising climate ambition.

As a long-standing and reliable tool for identifying leaders and laggards in climate protection, the CCPI can be a powerful instrument to hold governments accountable for their responsibility to act on the climate crisis and of stimulating a race to the top in climate action.

The CCPI’s unique climate policy section, evaluating countries’ national and international climate policy performance, is only possible through the continued support and contributions of around 350-400 climate and energy experts.

The national performances are assessed based on 14 indicators in the following four categories: GHG emissions, Renewable energy, Energy use, Climate policy.