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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.⁶⁷⁸ In the CCPI Index for 2024, Denmark led the index at 4th followed by Estonia and the Philippines at 5th and 6th respectively. The bottom three were the U.A.E, Iran, and Saudi Arabia in that order from 65th to 67th.⁹

2025

2024 and 2023

2022 and 2021

2020

2019

External links

Overall

• Official website
• Background and Methodology (English version only)

2024

• Climate Change Performance Index 2024: Short Summary
• Climate Change Performance Index 2024 (English Version)
• Climate Change Performance Index 2024: Background and Methodology
• Climate Change Performance Index 2024: Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse (German Version)

2023

• Climate Change Performance Index 2023 (English Version)
• Climate Change Performance Index 2023: Background and Methodology
• Climate 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 Methodology
• Climate Change Performance Index 2022: Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse (German Version)

2021

• Climate Change Performance Index 2021 (English Version)
• Climate Change Performance Index 2021: Background and Methodology
• Climate 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)

Notes

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. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2022-02-28/denmark-shines-u-s-lags-in-latest-climate-protection-rankings ↩

2. Burck, Jan; Uhlich, Thea; Bals, Christoph; Höhne, Niklas; Nascimento, Leonardo; Tamblyn, Ana; Reuther, Jonas (November 2021). "Climate Change Performance Index 2022" (PDF). Germanwatch. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-11-11. Retrieved 16 November 2021. /wiki/Niklas_H%C3%B6hne ↩

3. Prerna, Lidhoo (12 November 2021). "Top three spots at the Climate Change Performance Index 2022 remain empty, India at No. 10". Business Today. https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/world/story/top-three-spots-at-the-climate-change-performance-index-2022-remain-empty-india-at-no-10-312087-2021-11-12 ↩

4. Burck, Jan; Hagen, Ursula; Bals, Christoph; Helling, Violeta; Höhne, Niklas; Nascimento, Leonardo (10 December 2019). "Background and Methodology" (PDF). Germanwatch. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-01-28. Retrieved 28 January 2020. /wiki/Niklas_H%C3%B6hne ↩

5. "Denmark at top three on Climate Change Performance". Retrieved 25 June 2023. https://www.germanwatch.org/en/87632 ↩

6. "Iran ranks "very low" at Climate Change performance". www.tehrantimes.com. Retrieved 25 June 2023. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/469988/Iran-scores-very-low-at-Climate-Change-Performance-Index ↩

7. "Ranking at Official website". Retrieved 25 June 2023. https://ccpi.org/countries/ ↩

8. 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. /wiki/Sweden ↩

9. Burck, Jan; Uhlich, Thea; Bals, Christopher; Höhne, Niklas; Nascrimiento, Leonardo (2023-12-08). "Climate Change Performance Index 2024" (PDF). Climate Change Performance Index. Retrieved 2024-07-02. https://ccpi.org/wp-content/uploads/CCPI-2024-Results.pdf ↩

10. Burck, Jan; Uhlich, Thea; Bals, Christopher; Höhne, Niklas; Nascrimiento, Leonardo (2023-12-08). "Climate Change Performance Index 2024" (PDF). Climate Change Performance Index. Retrieved 2024-07-02. https://ccpi.org/wp-content/uploads/CCPI-2024-Results.pdf ↩

11. Burck, Jan; Uhlich, Thea; Bals, Christopher; Höhne, Niklas; Nascimento, Leonardo; Tavares, Monica; Strietzel, Elisabeth (2022-11-14). "Climate Change Performance Index 2023" (PDF). Climate Change Performance Index. Retrieved 2024-07-02. https://ccpi.org/wp-content/uploads/CCPI-2023-Results-3.pdf ↩

12. Burck, Jan; Uhlich, Thea; Bals, Christopher; Höhne, Niklas; Nascimento, Leonardo; Wong, Jamie; Tamblyn, Ana; Reuther, Jonas (2021-11-09). "Climate Change Performance Index 2022" (PDF). Climate Change Performance Index. Retrieved 2024-07-03. https://ccpi.org/wp-content/uploads/CCPI-2022-Results-1.pdf ↩

13. Burck, Jan; Hagen, Ursula; Höhne, Niklas; Nascimento, Leonardo; Bals, Christopher (2020-12-07). "Climate Change Performance Index 2021" (PDF). Climate Change Performance Index. Retrieved 2024-07-06. https://ccpi.org/wp-content/uploads/Climate-change-performance-index-2021.pdf ↩