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Cover Private Finance

Climate finance | 01.06.2012

The Goal of 100bn USD of Climate Finance

This discussion paper addresses and raises different questions regarding what kind of private finance could be included in the 100bn USD of climate finance, which developed countries committed to mobilize annually by 2020.

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REDDplus – Forest Conservation as an Opportunity for Development and Reducing Poverty

Germanwatch is convinced that the international mechanism for rainforest conservation and reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - REDDplus - will be only effective in the long-term if conservation activities in the developing countries are linked to measures that help erradicate poverty and support sustainable development.

Cover Briefing Paper Durban

UN climate conferences | 01.12.2011

An Insufficient Breakthrough

The expectations towards the UN climate summit in Durban were low. This briefing paper analyses and assesses key discussions and results of the climate summit in Durban and considers next steps.

Deckblatt: The Climate Change Performance Index 2012

International climate co-operation UN climate conferences | 01.12.2011

The Climate Change Performance Index 2012

The Climate Change Performance Index is an instrument supposed to enhance transparency in international climate politics. On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 58 countries that are, together, responsible for more than 90 percent of global energy-related CO2 emissions.

Pressemitteilung

UN climate conferences Press Release | 06.12.2011

Climate Change Performance Index released at UN-climate summit

The new edition of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) was released by Germanwatch and CAN-Europe in Durban at the UN climate talks today. Again, none of the 58 highest-emitting countries has done enough to prevent dangerous climate change, leaving ranks one to three open. The next ranks went to three European countries, Sweden, UK and Germany. The countries ranked worst this year are Saudi Arabia, Iran and Kazakhstan. Overall, the ranking was influenced by the worldwide economic crisis. This resulted in higher growth of emissions in emerging economies compared to industrial countries.

Pressemitteilung

International climate co-operation Dealing with the impacts of climate change Press Release | 29.11.2011

Pakistan and Guatemala mostly hit by weather extremes in 2010

While the UN climate summit at Durban has started under the impression of severe local thunderstorms, the climate and development organization Germanwatch publishes its Global Climate Risk Index (CRI) for the seventh time. The index focuses on countries especially affected by weather extremes such as floodings and storms in 2010 and during the past twenty years. The Global Climate Risk Index is based on data collected in the worldwide renowned database at MunichRe.

Deckblatt: The Climate Change Performance Index 2011

International climate co-operation UN climate conferences | 01.12.2010

The Climate Change Performance Index 2011

The Climate Change Performance Index is an innovative instrument that enhances transparency in international climate politics. On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 57 countries that are together responsible for more than 90 percent of global energy-related CO2 emissions. Eighty percent of the evaluation is based on objective indicators of emissions trend and emissions level. Twenty percent results from national and international climate policy assessments by 190 experts from the respective countries. The aim of the index is to encourage political and social pressure on those countries which have, heretofore, failed to take the initiative on climate protection or which still neglect the importance of this issue.

Pressemitteilung

Dealing with the impacts of climate change Press Release | 03.12.2010

The Germanwatch Climate Risk Index 2011 shows: developing countries are particularly affected by weather catastrophes

With the today published Climate Risk Index 2011 in Cancun, Germanwatch has, for the sixth time, examined which countries are particularly affected by weather extremes. "In 2009, surprisingly, countries such as Chinese Taipei, Saudi Arabia and Australia were also among the ten most affected countries," said Sven Harmeling, author of the CRI at Germanwatch.

Deckblatt: The Climate Change Performance Index 2010

International climate co-operation UN climate conferences | 01.12.2009

The Climate Change Performance Index 2010

The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an innovative instrument that enhances transparency in international climate politics. On the basis of standardised criteria the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performances of the 57 countries that, together, are responsible for more than 90 percent of global energy-related CO2 emissions.

Cover: MDG and Climate Change

International climate co-operation | 01.09.2010

The Millennium Development Goals and Climate Change: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

Five years before the rallying-point, World leader and country representatives meet in New York on the Millenium Development Goals Summit from 20-22nd September.

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