Question : Consider the following statements about CCPI 2021:-
i) It is designed by the German environmental and development organisation Germanwatch e.V.
ii) It has been continuously published with the help of NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network International and with financial support from Barthel Foundation since 2005.
iii) India has achieved 9th rank in the CCPI 2021 .
Which of the following above are correct?
a) i and ii
b) ii and iii
c) i and iii
d) None of the above
Answer: (a)
Context
- Germanwatch along with NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network International and with financial support from Barthel Foundation has released Climate Change Performance Index 2021.
Facts
- Objective: To enhance transparency in international climate politics.
- First published in 2005 and an updated version is presented at the UN Climate Change Conference annually.
- The CCPI evaluates 57 countries and the European Union, which together generate 90%+ of global greenhouse gas emissions.
- Using standardised criteria, the CCPI looks at four categories, with 14 indicators: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (40% of the overall score), Renewable Energy (20%), Energy Use (20%), and Climate Policy (20%).
- No country has performed well enough in all CCPI index categories to achieve an overall very high rating. The first three positions in the overall ranking therefore remain empty.
Rankings
- Sweden is ranked at top with 4th rank followed by UK and Denmark at 5th and 6th place respectively.
- India is ranked at 10th position, one position down from its 9th position in 2019.
- United States is placed at bottom at 61th position and China the largest producer of green house gas is placed at 33th position.
- Although none of the countries assessed are on the path of achieving their climate change goals as per Paris Agreement for climate change.
Paris Agreement
- The Paris Agreement central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise this century well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
- Paris agreement provides for Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for each country that the country has to set itself for reaching the ser goals of Paris agreement.
- Paris Agreement was signed in 2015.
By – Kameshwar Shukla
Link:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-in-top-10-performers-on-climate-change-index/articleshow/79612075.cms
https://ccpi.org/#:~:text=It%20aims%20to%20enhance%20transparency,progress%20made%20by%20individual%20countries.&text=The%20CCPI%202020%20results%20illustrate,evaluated%20countries%20and%20the%20EU.