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Climate Change Performance Index

December 13 , 2020 1317 days 821 0
  • It was recently released by the New Climate Institute, Germanwatch and CAN (Climate Action Network).
  • The index has been rating the fifty-seven greenhouse emitters in the world since 2005.
  • India, for the second time in a row, is ranked among the top 10, along with the EU and the UK.
  • India slid one position down from ninth in 2019 to 10th this year.
  • Only two G20 countries India and UK were among the high rankers.
  • None of the countries were in top three ranks.
  • It was because no country was doing enough to meet the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement.
  • Sweden was at fourth place followed by UK, Denmark, Morocco, Norway, Chile.
  • The United States, with a rank of 61, was the worst performer.

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