Introduction Post 51 focuses on the theme of natural gas usage and its implications for greenhouse gas emissions. We asked our Country Managers to answer the following related questions: How much natural gas does my country use each year? Has this amount increased, decreased, stayed the same over the past decade? Is there any correlation...
Introduction For Post 50 we examine the different ways in which Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affected the climate policies and practices of leading greenhouse gas emitting countries. Did the Ukraine crisis have a positive or negative effect on efforts to reduce emissions? Almost uniformly the answers to these questions were that the Ukraine crisis has...
Introduction The goals for countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030 and become carbon neutral by 2050 have been endorsed by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and by UNFCCC. And yet there is a lack of agreement on how to measure this progress and what indicators to use. This is...
Introduction In Post 48 Climate Scorecard Country Managers identified the leading climate justice issues facing their countries. Who is affected and why? What makes them vulnerable to the impact of climate change? What types of policies and programs have countries put in place to address the needs of at-risk populations? Have these policies been effective?...
Introduction In this report we asked our Country Managers in leading greenhouse gas emitting countries to identify up to 3 game changing events that affected the level of emissions (up or down) in their countries in 2021. These events could include the development of new policies, the ending of existing policies, a new program, new...
Introduction For Post 46, Climate Scorecard asked our Country Managers to propose a strategy for what their countries need to do to reach the goal of reducing emissions by 50% by the year 2030. The following table highlights our recommendations for each country. Detailed Country Reports are provided below. Country Climate Mitigation Strategic Priorities Australia...
Introduction This report provides an update on the status of efforts by leading greenhouse gas emitting countries over the past five years to reduce their emissions. The Report is in the form of memos to the UNFCCC that are being forwarded by Climate Scorecard Country Managers in 19 countries. The memos reflect the progress each...
Introduction All of us struggle to get relevant, up-to-date, robust information about trends in climate change emissions. In Post 44, we asked our Country Managers in leading greenhouse gas emitting countries to provide an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses in their country’s climate information resources. What are the best organizations that provide information on...
Introduction During the past year the impact of climate change has increasingly been made evident by a growing number of extreme weather events around the world. In Post 43 we asked Climate Scorecard Country Managers to file a 2021 climate change weather report for their countries. We asked them to describe the nature of their...
Introduction This Report provides information on approaches to the use of nuclear energy by leading greenhouse gas countries around the world. Climate Scorecard asked each of our country managers to report on the extent to which their countries relied on nuclear power as an energy source; whether their countries plan on expanding or reducing its...
