Climate Change Performance Index:
India has ascended to the 7th position in this year’s Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI).
Key highlights:
- Denmark retained the top spot with a score of 75.59 per cent. Estonia and the Philippines occupied the second and third ranks respectively, with 72.07 and 70.70.
- Saudi Arabia was at the bottom — 67th — in the performance list, while the host country United Arab Emirates occupied the 65th position.
- India receives a high ranking in the GHG Emissions and Energy Use categories, but a medium in Climate Policy and Renewable Energy, as in the previous year.
- India is trying to meet its National Determined Contribution (NDC), with clear long-term policies in place that focus on promoting renewable energy and providing financial support for domestic manufacturing of renewable energy components.
- India has relatively high taxes on petrol and diesel, which are intended to act as carbon taxes.
Climate Change Performance Index:
- It is an instrument to enable transparency in national and international climate politics.
- It is published by Germanwatch, the New Climate Institute and the Climate Action Network annually.
- It was first time published in 2005.
- The CCPI uses a standardized framework to compare the climate performance of 63 countries and the EU, which together account for over 90% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
