Climate Action Tracker

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Climate Action Tracker
Abbreviation	CAT
Formation	2009 ^[1]
Website	climateactiontracker.org

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].

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

Toward 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

^ "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. Bibcode:2021NatSu...4.1025F. doi:10.1038/s41893-021-00756-w. ISSN 2398-9629.
^ "The Climate Action Tracker".
^ 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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Climate Action Tracker website

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