Since the CCPI 2018, the CCPI takes into account greenhouse gas emissions (40%), renewable energy (20%), energy use (20%), and climate policy (20%).[9][10] The climate policy evaluation is unique for the CCPI and consults around 400 experts regarding national and international climate policy performance.[11]
In the most recent CCPI 2019, no country has performed well enough to reach one of the top three places.[8] The fourth rank is occupied by Sweden.[12]
Global Climate Risk Index
Germanwatch also publishes the Global Climate Risk Index.[13] The annually published Global Climate Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events.[14] The index takes into account lives lost and financial costs incurred due to such events.[15] Slow onset climate risks like rising sea levels and melting glaciers, which occur incrementally and over a long period are not factored in by the index.[16]
Events
On 9November 2016, Lutz Weischer of Germanwatch told Deutsche Welle, following the election of Donald Trump as US president, that "Germany's climate and energy policy stances are highly influential globally, and now must be strengthened".[17]
^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.
^Qayyah, Moynihan; Chisato, Goya. "These are the 17 countries that have done the most to limit global warming since 2017". Business Insider. Retrieved 4 September 2022. The total scores took into account respective countries' efforts in terms of greenhouse gas emissions (40% of the final score), renewable energy (20%), energy consumption (20%) and climate policies implemented (20%).
