Climate Action Tracker (CAT) is an independent scientific project[2][3] with the aim of monitoring government action to achieve their reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with regard to international agreements – specifically the globally agreed Paris Agreement aim of "holding warming well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.".[4][5] It is tracking climate action[6] in 39 countries and the EU responsible for over 85% of global emissions.[7] The CAT is the product of two organisations: NewClimate Institute [1] and Climate Analytics [2].
Abbreviation | CAT |
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Formation | 2009 [1] |
Website | climateactiontracker |
The actions it tracks are: - Effect of climate policies and action on emissions. - Impact of pledges, targets and NDCs on national emissions over the time period to 2030, and where possible beyond. - Comparability of effort against countries' fair share and modelled domestic pathways.
COP26
editToward the end of the COP26 climate conference, CAT produced a report concluding that the current "wave of net‑zero emission goals [are] not matched by action on the ground" and that the world is likely headed for more than 2.4 °C of warming by the end of the century.[8][9][10]
References
edit- ^ "Climate Action Tracker Data Portal". Green Policy Platform. Climate Analytics, Ecofys, NewClimate Institute. 29 March 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "How climate targets compare against a common baseline". The Economist. 2021-08-07. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ "Climate Action Tracker- About". climateactiontracker.org. Retrieved 2024-02-20.
- ^ "Disaster-struck Turkey faces toll of climate change". France 24. 2021-08-10. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ "Leader: A message for the planet". www.newstatesman.com. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- ^ Fuso Nerini, Francesco; Fawcett, Tina; Parag, Yael; Ekins, Paul (2021-08-16). "Personal carbon allowances revisited". Nature Sustainability. 4 (12): 1025–1031. doi:10.1038/s41893-021-00756-w. ISSN 2398-9629.
- ^ https://climateactiontracker.org/about/ [bare URL]
- ^ Stockwell, Claire; Geiges, Andreas; Ramalope, Deborah; Gidden, Matthew; Hare, Bill; de Villafranca Casas, Maria José; Moisio, Mia; Hans, Frederic; Mooldijk, Silke; Höhne, Niklas; Fekete, Hanna (9 November 2021). Glasgow's one degree 2030 credibility gap: net zero's lip service to climate action (PDF). Berlin, Germany and Cologne, Germany: Climate Analytics and NewClimate Institute. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ Harvey, Fiona (9 November 2021). "Cop26: world on track for disastrous heating of more than 2.4C, says key report". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
- ^ Hare, Bill; Höhne, Niklas (9 November 2021). "Cop26 is creating false hope for a 1.5C rise — the stark reality is very different". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
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