No country gets an outstanding mark in its commitment to climate change. This is the main result of the 2023 Climate Change Performance Index. Spain ranked 23rd out of 60 countries analyzed, accounting for 92% of emissions responsible for global warming. Our country rose 11 places compared to the previous index., mainly due to the pressure brought by the Climate Change and Ecological Transition Act. Therefore, it is among the countries with average performance. Denmark tops the list, with the top three places reserved for very high returns remaining vacant for another year.
This ranking, which is organized for the 18th time, is prepared every year by the NGOs GermanWatch and the European Climate Action Network. Being an active part of SEO/BirdLife based on assessments made by experts from each country. In the case of Spain, GCTFNN.
The index analyzes four indicators: greenhouse gas emissions per capita, energy consumption, renewable energy distribution trends and national climate policies. According to the analysis, no country is strong enough to score a very high overall score in all categories. Denmark remains at a notable high at 79.61 out of 100, followed by Norway at 73.28 out of 100.
Spain scores 58.59 out of 100 as a global calculation. It ranks 17th among 62 countries in climate policy, 20th in emissions, 21st in energy use and 30th in renewable energy. Analysts welcome the drive for perseverance contained in the climate change law passed last year, emphasizing the need to remove subsidies for fossil fuels and increase citizen participation in renewable projects to support a just ecological transition.
Suspended countries
China, Japan, the United States, Hungary, Poland, Australia, Malaysia, China Taiwan, Canada, Russia, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia and Iran are in the “climate despair” red zone, respectively. It’s under 50 on the list.
Included in this list of failures are nine of the 16 largest fossil fuel producers, which collectively extract approximately 70% of all fossil fuels globally. All but Canada have low or very low shares of renewable energy.
Chile named “champion” of 2023 list. Since its inclusion in the index in 2020, it has ranked high primarily due to its low emissions per capita. It has moved up three places this year thanks to legislative pressure that has promised to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
On the other hand, Russia was named a “loser” due to its poor performance on the index, low penetration of renewable energy – barely 3% – and particularly the impact of the war in Ukraine. the global use of fossil fuels.
G20 and EU tasks
The index sends a general message to the Group of Twenty, known as the G20, which recently met in Bali (Indonesia) and accounts for 75% of the world’s gas emissions. Only three G20 countries are among the top performers in the 2023 index, with India (8th), the United Kingdom (11th), and Germany (16th). Canada, Russia, South Korea and Saudi Arabia had the worst results.
The European Union, which is a part of the G20, is examined by the index as a whole. This year, increase in community ambition allows the League to move up three places to 19th placeon the verge of achieving a high classification.
Nine EU countries are among the high and medium results, including Spain, which achieved the second best climb among a Community country, followed by Estonia, which only managed to climb 23 places. On the other hand, France dropped 11 places to 28th place in the Climate Policy category due to its worse ranking compared to the previous year. Hungary (53rd) and Poland (54th) EU members with the worst data.
Analysts welcome pressure on Europe’s climate target, but keep in mind that their commitments are not in line with what is required to keep global warming below 1.5ºC, the relative climate stabilization limit. They argue that zero emissions in the EU should progress to 2040 and underline the open energy diversification and development of infrastructures there, which has led to the war in Ukraine and prompted EU countries to seek fossil fuels in Africa. In this sense, it cannot undermine the decarbonisation pathway undertaken.
You can access the full report here: https://ccpi.org/
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