India—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: Produce 175 GW of renewable energy by 2022 India has not made a commitment to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050. India’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) target is to reduce emissions intensity by 33%-35% by 2030 over 2005, achieving a 175 GW renewable energy capacity by 2022, and to increase...
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Germany Renewable Energy
Germany—No 100% 2050 commitment Benchmark: 80 % renewable energy by 2050 Germany has short-term and long-term goals for ensuring that energy efficiency is achieved. It intends to reduce 50% of primary energy use by 2050 (compared to 2008 levels) and 80% of greenhouse gas emissions by the same year (compared to 1990 levels) (Rafindadi and...
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France Renewable Energy
France—Yes 100% by 2050 The European Union officially launched the European Union Climate and Energy Package in 2008, setting new environmental targets for 2020 that are even more ambitious than those set in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol. One of these objectives is to reach a 20% share of renewable energies in the total EU consumption...
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China Renewable Energy
China—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: 29% of electricity from renewables by 2030 China has not made a commitment to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050; however, its renewable energy target is to produce 20% of its electricity from clean sources by 2030. China has planned to invest 2.5 trillion Yuan (292 billion pounds) into renewable...
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Canada Renewable Energy
Canada—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: Electricity system to run 90% on non-emitting resources by 2030 Canada has not yet made a commitment to reach 100% renewable energy by 2050. Renewables represents 66% of Canada’s electricity generation: 59.3% is hydroelectricity, wind power is 4.4%, biomass power is 1.9 % and solar power is 0.5%. Nuclear power...
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Brazil Renewable Energy
Brazil—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: 48% of renewables by 2026 Brazil’s Paris Agreement commitment aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 37% below 2005 levels by 2025, and 43% by 2030. It was the first developing country to commit to an absolute reduction of emissions from a base year, as opposed to reductions based...
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Australia Renewable Energy
Australia—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: 20% by 2020 Australia has released a Renewable Energy Target (RET) scheme to encourage the growth of renewables, but the goal of 100% renewables by 2050 is out of the scope of the current plan. The nation has a goal of 100% Net-Zero carbon emissions by the 2050 benchmark, but...
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Argentina Renewable Energy
Argentina—No 100% 2050 Commitment Benchmark: 20% by 2025 Although Argentina has made important strides in the domain of renewable energy, there is general consensus that their renewable energy sector needs to be augmented significantly. Argentina has not declared a commitment to reach 100% renewable energy by a certain date. However, earlier this year the Government...
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Paris Agreement Status Survey
Climate Scorecard has been conducting a survey to collect feedback from environmental leaders and concerned citizens regarding the status of the Paris Agreement. We are concerned that many countries are not doing enough to live up to their Paris Agreement commitments. We want to see if others feel the same, and if there its a...
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United States Success Project
United States—The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is a cooperative effort between the Northeastern states of Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont to reduce emissions from the power sector through a mandatory cap-and-trade program at the state and regional level. Following an agreement...