Introduction Climate Scorecard recently asked our Country Managers to report on new and noteworthy developments in climate mitigation policy in their countries over the past 3 months. The results, with a few exceptions, were mainly positive – an indication that, despite the challenges of a global pandemic and worldwide recession, there appears to be a...
Introduction Climate Scorecard’s Post 32 provides profiles on 26 of the world’s leading climate research organizations. Many are doing ground-breaking work on issues such as renewable energy, deforestation, sustainable energy, weather patterns, and related topics. Several of these research centers are privately funded; some are government financed. Almost all carryout their work in collaboration with...
Introduction At Climate Scorecard we feel that green jobs ought to be a proxy measure for the development of green economies around the world; that data on the amount of an economy’s green jobs can serve as an indicator of the extent to which countries are investing in low and zero carbon technologies. So we...
Introduction Justice is a growing and important theme of efforts to address climate change around the world. Climate justice is a term used to frame global warming as an ethical and political issue, rather than one that is purely environmental or physical in nature. An important concern related to climate justice is that those who are...
Introduction COVID-19 has wreaked havoc on the economies of most countries. Major industries, such as tourism, car manufacturers, and aviation have been affected. Governments have sought to stem this economic downturn by offering hard-hit industries economic recovery packages in the form of loans, credit guarantees, and employee protection programs. Unfortunately, in the haste to address...
Introduction There are strong disturbing links between biodiversity and climate change. These links have been further highlighted as a result of the current COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 is thought to have a zoonotic origin, meaning a disease that jumped from animals onto humans; in this case, it may have been caused by the eating of infected...
Introduction Over the course of the first four months of 2020, almost every country has experienced the onslaught of the Coronavirus, COVID-19. As of May 14th there have been 4.37 million recorded cases of COVID-19 and 298,000 deaths world-wide. The economic devastation being wrought by COVID-19 is equally devastating. Record numbers of people have lost...
Introduction For Global Spotlight Report #26, Climate Scorecard asked our Country Managers to describe the major energy sector reforms/changes that their countries had undertaken since 2015. Special attention was paid to changes in energy sources, the decrease or increase in fossil fuel sources of energy, the increase in renewables, and the use of nuclear power....
Introduction Global Spotlight Report #25 provides information on the currently implemented or planned on carbon pricing mechanisms in leading greenhouse gas emitting countries. Such mechanisms include a carbon tax on energy consumers and/or producers, producer-focused emissions trading systems, voluntary carbon markets, and others. Many analysts believe that carbon pricing, especially a carbon tax, offers the...
Introduction For Global Spotlight Report #24 we asked Climate Scorecard Country Managers to report on significant climate change events in their countries that occurred from October 2019 – January 2020. First and foremost on most lists were the disappointing results from UNFCCC’s Conference of the Parties #25. Perhaps jinxed by the last minute move of...
