Climate Action Tracker

Climate Action Tracker
AbbreviationCAT
Formation2009
Websiteclimateactiontracker.org

Climate Action Tracker (CAT) is an independent scientific project 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". It is tracking climate action in 39 countries and the European Union responsible for over 85% of global emissions. Climate Action Tracker is the product of two organisations: NewClimate Institute and Climate Analytics.

The actions it tracks are: - Effect of climate policies and action on emissions. - Impact of pledges, targets and nationally determined contributions 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

Toward the end of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26), Climate Action Tracker 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.

References

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  8. ↑ 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. Open access icon
  9. ↑ 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.
  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.