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India manages to rank in the top 10 countries with higher climate performance: Report

Press Trust of India • December 11, 2019, 09:15:53 IST
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Despite the ranking, experts said that govt doesn’t have a plan to phase-out fossil fuel and reduce its dependence on coal.

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India manages to rank in the top 10 countries with higher climate performance: Report

India, for the first time, ranks among the top 10 in this year’s Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) presented on Tuesday at the COP25 climate summit here. The current levels of per capita emissions and energy use in India, ranked 9th in the “high category”, are still comparatively low and, along with ambitious 2030 targets, result in high ratings for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy use categories, the report released here in the Spanish capital. However, despite an overall high rating for its Climate Policy performance, experts point out that the Indian government has yet to develop a roadmap for the phase-out of fossil fuel subsidies that would consequently reduce the country’s high dependence on coal. [caption id=“attachment_7711781” align=“alignnone” width=“1280”]A world without cars, planes, ships and factories powered by fossil fuels will need to be a reality in 40 years to have a realistic hope of keeping global warming below safe levels, scientists claim. Image: Stock photo Even though India has ranked at number 9 in the Climate change performance Index, there is no plan on how to make the switch from fossil fuel to renewable energy. Image: Stock photo[/caption] The authors of the report noted that while the country receives an overall medium rating in the renewable energy category, India’s 2030 renewable energy target is rated very high for its well-below 2 degrees Celsius compatibility. “National experts commend the government for strong policies to support the expansion of renewable energy, which is needed to meet the ambitious targets as recent renewable energy capacity additions are below the level required,” the report noted. The CCPI reflects opposing trends in global climate action: Australia, Saudi Arabia and especially the US give cause for “great concern” with their low to very low performance in emissions and renewable energy development as well as climate policy, the researchers said. With these three governments massively influenced by the coal and oil lobby, there are hardly any signs of serious climate policy in sight, they said. On the other hand, global coal consumption is falling and the boom in renewable energy continues, the authors noted. In 31 of the 57 high emitting countries assessed, collectively responsible for 90 per cent of emissions, falling emission trends are recorded. “The new Climate Change Performance Index shows signs of a global turnaround in emissions, including declining coal consumption,” said Ursula Hagen, one of the authors of the index jointly presented by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and Climate Action Network (CAN). “However, several large countries are still trying to resist this trend - above all the US. We see opportunities for a halt to rising global emissions - but much will depend on further developments in China and the elections in the USA. Both countries are at cross roads,” Hagen said. As none of the countries assessed is already on a path compatible with the Paris climate targets, the first three places of the ranking remain unoccupied, the authors noted. While some EU countries such as Sweden (4th) and Denmark (5th), one of the best climbers, achieve overall high or very high ratings, the performance of EU countries varies largely. China, the largest global emitter slightly improves its ranking in the index to 30th place (“medium”). The authors noted that China scores with a very good performance for its increased share of renewables in the energy mix over recent years and relatively good policy ratings, but the poor performance in emissions and energy efficiency still weighs heavily. If China implements its extensive plans for new coal-fired power plants, there is a risk of a severe relapse to the bottom of the ranking, they said. While only two G20 countries, the UK (7th) and India (9th), are ranked in the “high” category, eight G20 countries are remaining in the worst category of the index (“very low”). Australia (56th out of 61), Saudi Arabia and above all the US perform particularly poor - the US is the worst performer for the first time. Under the Trump administration, the US is rated “low” or “very low” in almost all categories, according to the index. “This science-based assessment shows again that in particular, the large climate polluters do hardly anything for the transformational shift we need to deep emissions reductions to curtail the run to potentially irreversible climate change,” Stephan Singer from the Climate Action Network (CAN), co-publisher of the CCPI, said. “If necessary and strongly enhanced climate finance and loss and damage support by the wealthy nations for the poorer countries were to be included also the various higher ranking European countries would be performing much lower in the scores,” Singer said.

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