The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) has ranked India among the top five countries on climate change performance index.
India was also ranked the best among the G-20 nations, giving a major confidence boost to the energy transition programmes that the country has been undertaking.
The latest report of CCPI released at COP27 in November 2022 showed that Denmark, Sweden, Chile and Morocco were the only countries that ranked above India.
Published annually since 2005, CCPI uses a standardised framework to compare the climate performance of 59 countries and the European Union, which together account for 92 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an instrument to enable transparency in national and international climate politics. The rankings are published by German Watch, New Climate Institute and Climate Action Network International based in Germany.
According to the CCPI 2022, India jumped two spots higher and is now ranked 8th. However, an official statement from the ministry of power said that the first, second and third ranks were not awarded to any country, hence India ranks 5th.
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The latest ranking showed that policies of India towards transitioning to renewable energy and increasing energy efficiency are having a considerable impact. If the new CCIP reports are anything to go by, India is on track to meet its 2030 emissions targets.
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