Danmark bliver igen bedømt til at levere den bedste præstation imod klimaforandringer. Det blev til en fjerdeplads, men ingen kandidater er værdige til de øverste 3 positioner. Brasilien og Indonesien rykker et pænt stykke nedad i den årlige bedømmelse, særligt fordi udledninger fra afskovning tæller med i år.
The Climate Change Performance Index compares countries’ progress on their climate protection goals by ranking countries against each other and their targets, and ranks 58 countries across 15 indicators in four areas: emissions, efficiency, renewables, and climate policy.
Rapporten er lavet af Germanwatch og Climate Action Network. Følgende er udpluk fra rapporten:
This year‘s Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) shows some interesting and worrying results:
In 2010, the most recent data period for this year‘s CCPI, the world saw another record breaking increase in global CO2 emissions. Not only have global emissions risen to another all time high, but this in crease has also been the steepest emissions surge in history.
Not only are emissions rising at the global level. As well at the national level is little good news to tell. Not one of the examined countries has managed to change to a development path that is compatible with limiting global warming substantially below 2 °C. No country‘s effort is deemed sufficient to prevent dangerous climate change. Therefore, as in the years before, we still cannot award any country with 1st, 2nd or 3rd place.
The new inclusion of data on emissions from deforestation has a substantial effect on the rankings. Countries like Brazil and Indonesia, which make up a large share of global emissions from deforestation, rank somewhat lower than in the earlier versions of the CCPI. However, the recent global development remains dominated by the increase in fossil fuel consumption.
Brazil used to be among the highest scoring countries in earlier editions of the CCPI. The reason for Brazil’s dramatic drop is not only the inclusion of emissions from deforestation. Alongside a drop in the ’emissions indicator’, Brazil scores substantially lower in the national policy evaluation.
Denmark is this year’s best performer and ranks 4th behind the top three empty positions. Their success is based on a positive development in recent emissions and an exceptionally good policy evaluation. A spot of bother remains. In the recent development of energy efficiency Denmark has lost ground on its competitors.
Læs mere her: http://epi.yale.edu/indicators/indicator-case-studies/reports/climate-change-performance-index
Download rapporten her: http://germanwatch.org/en/download/7158.pdf
