DUBAI: India this year further improved its global Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) ranking by securing seventh position, which is one position up from the last edition, shows the latest Index released by Germanwatch on the sidelines of CO on Friday.
India’s performance shows significant improvement from 31st rank in 2014 to seventh in 2023. The country maintained its top 10 position, figuring among the highest performers for the fifth year in a row.Technically, only three countries – Denmark, Estonia and Philippines – are above India as no country performs well enough in all four assessed categories to achieve a perfect score on CCPI. India’s rank is the best amongst the G20 countries.
The biggest current polluter China figured at 51st position whereas the second most current emitter and highest historical polluter, the US, secured 57th position. The host of CO, the UAE, secured 65th position while the other big oil producing country Saudi Arabia got the last rank. Among other big emitters, Germany is at 14th position, the UK at 20th, France at 37th, Japan at 58th, Canada at 62nd and Russia at 63rd.
On the four categories on which countries are ranked, “India receives a high ranking in the GHG emissions and energy use categories, but a medium in climate policy and renewable energy”, Germanwatch said.
India’s performance shows significant improvement from 31st rank in 2014 to seventh in 2023. The country maintained its top 10 position, figuring among the highest performers for the fifth year in a row.Technically, only three countries – Denmark, Estonia and Philippines – are above India as no country performs well enough in all four assessed categories to achieve a perfect score on CCPI. India’s rank is the best amongst the G20 countries.
The biggest current polluter China figured at 51st position whereas the second most current emitter and highest historical polluter, the US, secured 57th position. The host of CO, the UAE, secured 65th position while the other big oil producing country Saudi Arabia got the last rank. Among other big emitters, Germany is at 14th position, the UK at 20th, France at 37th, Japan at 58th, Canada at 62nd and Russia at 63rd.
On the four categories on which countries are ranked, “India receives a high ranking in the GHG emissions and energy use categories, but a medium in climate policy and renewable energy”, Germanwatch said.