Introduction Post 60 provides information on the status of emissions and production from the agriculture sector in 18 leading greenhouse gas emitting countries. It was developed drawing on data from Climate Trace. (www.climatetrace.org) Climate Scorecard Country Managers, using Climate Trace data, provided the number of tonnes of CO2 that the agriculture sector in their countries...
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Global Spotlight Report #59: A Climate Look Past and Forward
Introduction In Post 59 we asked our Country Managers to describe the most important climate event that took place in their countries in 2022. The event could be related to climate policies, programs, weather events, political happenings and more. Our Country Managers described this event and why it was important to their country’s ability or...
Global Spotlight Report #58: National Power Systems
Introduction For Climate Scorecard Global Report #58 we asked our Country Managers to describe and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of their country’s power grid system: How is the system organized, e.g. is it a decentralized system and if so, what sort of interconnectivity does it have? When was it built and what is the...
Global Spotlight Report #57: Proxy Measures for GHG Emissions
Introduction Climate Scorecard’s Report 57 seeks to identify one or more proxy measures for greenhouse gas emissions in leading greenhouse gas emitting countries. It builds on previous work that we have done on this topic that you can find in Report 49 and Report 53 for the countries we follow.We asked our Country Managers to...
Global Spotlight Report #56: Passenger Car Trends
Introduction A typical passenger vehicle emits approximately 4.6 metric tonnes of CO2 per year. This assumes that the average gasoline vehicle on the road today has a fuel economy of approximately 22.0 miles per gallon and travels approximately 11,500 miles per year. There are many old cars on the road that still reflect these kinds...
Global Spotlight Report #55: Loss and Damage
Introduction The concept of Loss and Damage (L&D) is a generic term defined as ‘the consequences of climate change that go beyond what people can adapt to on their own or when options exist but a community does not have the resources to access them’. The term has been in vogue since formation of the...
Global Spotlight Report #54: The Most Important Climate Events in the First Half of 2022
Introduction For Post 54 Climate Scorecard asked our Country Managers to analyze the impact of the most important event affecting emissions in their countries since January of this year. The event could or could not be policy related, but needed to have an impact on the current or future level of emissions in your country....
Global Spotlight Report #53: First Climate Progress Measurements
Introduction Climate Scorecard is embarking on an exercise to develop proxy measures that can reflect the status of country-level emissions. As most of you know, the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% has been endorsed by the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and by UNFCCC; and yet there is a lack of...
Global Spotlight Report #52: The Youth Voice
Introduction In Post 52 we asked Climate Scorecard Country Managers to gather information and report on the views of youth towards climate change issues in their countries. We asked them to focus on the extent of similarities and differences between the climate voices of youth and those of adults, and variations of opinion within the...
Global Spotlight Report #51: Natural Gas
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...