India has ranked 10th in the Climate Change Performance Index (“CCPI 2025”), a global assessment of over 60 countries’ efforts to combat climate change. One of the main reasons for India’s high ranking was because it had the lowest emission per person when compared to the major economies.
CCPI 2025 has left the first three places empty, as no country performed well enough across all index categories to achieve an overall “very high” rating. Only 22 of the 64 surveyed countries, including the European Union, were on track with the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of keeping global temperature rise within 2°C and making efforts to contain it to 1.5°C. Denmark leads the rankings at fourth place, followed by the Netherlands and the UK. China and the US ranked 55th and 57th respectively, remaining among the poorest performers.
What is the CCPI 2025?
The CCPI 2025 is a climate performance index published by well known think tanks. It helps people see which countries are doing a good job at taking care of the planet and which ones need to do better. It’s like a report card for countries based on their efforts to fight climate change. The experts look at countries’ performance and give them scores on the following four main areas: greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy, climate policy, and energy use.