And the winners are… nobody.

The CCPI experts have decided that no country makes the highest Very High overall rating, and therefore the top three places should remain empty. It’s a performative gesture, meant to reinforce the world’s generally sluggish progress toward implementing the Paris Agreement’s targets.

The CCPI is not alone in expressing its frustration. Last year the first Global Stocktake, which collates each nation’s plans to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, found that time is running out, with the world not on track to fulfil its Paris obligations.

We’ll see if the coming years bring any improvements or if the demanding carbon reduction schedules that so many countries have signed up to fall by the wayside, enabling global warming – and its catastrophic effects – to continue. If so, expect the next CCPI to be even more disapproving.

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