Introduction For Post 72, Climate Scorecard Country Managers were asked to focus on the conflicts between climate mitigation and development policies and programs in their countries. In what ways do development objectives (i.e. the need for government to ensure the well-being of their citizens) limit policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions? For example, the need...
Introduction For Post 71 we asked our Country Managers to identify and describe the most significant impact(s) of climate policy and programs in their countries in 2023 covering the following points: Are these policies new or old, local, national or global? How were they organized? What organizations were involved (e.g. government, corporations, NGOs? International agencies?)...
Introduction For Post 70 we asked our Country Managers to identify and describe a local community in their country that supports best climate mitigation policies and practices. The communities should have one or more of the following characteristics: (a) an ongoing effort to reduce emissions in important sectors including – energy, transportation, and waste management;...
Introduction For Post 69 we asked our Country Managers to submit to the Head of their country’s COP 28 delegation a statement of goals to improve their country’s climate ambition. The goals are to specify what can be done to reduce country greenhouse gas emissions by 50% or more by 2030 and become carbon neutral...
Introduction For Post 68 we asked Climate Scorecard Country Managers to report on the status of their country’s greenhouse gas emissions inventory, and describe the organizations responsible for organizing its data. Countries signing the Paris Agreement and agreeing to be members of UNFCCC were asked to compile a regular inventory of their country’s greenhouse gas...
Introduction In Post 67 we asked our Climate Scorecard Country Managers to describe the relationship of their country’s farmers to climate change. Part of each report focuses on the impact of climate change on the ability of country farmers to produce food and earn a living; the other half focuses on the ability of country...
Introduction For Report #66 Climate Scorecard invited our Country Managers to report on the ability of their country to adapt to the impact that climate change is having on its water resources. Country Managers provided reports that described changes in water use that have taken place over the last decade. Included in each Report is...
Introduction For Post 65 we asked our Country Managers to rate their country’s progress in reducing emissions over the first sixth months of 2023 and identify and describe 2-3 policies, programs, and events that affected their country’s emission levels during this period. We asked them to provide whatever data exists that charts emissions in the...
Introduction In Post 64 we asked our Country Managers to describe a best practice example from their countries that began with an effort to advocate for a policy change and resulted in a change in government policy. The effort needed to have certain characteristics such as a focus on a climate related problem that could...
Introduction The Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in its most recent assessment reports, has underscored the urgency of countries reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 50% over pre-industrial temperatures by 2030. In Post 63 Climate Scorecard Country Managers were asked to rate their country’s chance of making this goal, and present an analysis of...
