Germanwatch
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| Formation | 1991 |
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| Type | non-profit, non-governmental organization |
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| Website | germanwatch |
Germanwatch e.V. is a non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Bonn, Germany. It seeks to influence public policy on trade, the environment, and relations between countries in the industrialized north and underdeveloped south. The organization collates a variety of economic and social data to formulate position papers, often in partnership with other NGOs.[2] Particular areas of interest include trade in food and agricultural policy, climate change, and corporate accountability.
Germanwatch was founded 1991 by Christoph Bals.[3]
The Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) is an annual publication by Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute, and Climate Action Network International.[4][5] It evaluates the climate protection performance of 63 countries and the EU, which are together responsible for over 90% of global greenhouse gas emissions.[6][7][8]
Since the CCPI 2018, the CCPI takes into account greenhouse gas emissions (40%), renewable energy (20%), energy use (20%), and climate policy (20%).[9][10] The climate policy evaluation is unique for the CCPI and consults around 400 experts regarding national and international climate policy performance.[11]
In the most recent CCPI 2019, no country has performed well enough to reach one of the top three places.[8] The fourth rank is occupied by Sweden.[12]
Global Climate Risk Index
Germanwatch also publishes the Global Climate Risk Index.[13] The annually published Global Climate Risk Index analyses to what extent countries have been affected by the impacts of weather-related loss events.[14] The index takes into account lives lost and financial costs incurred due to such events.[15] Slow onset climate risks like rising sea levels and melting glaciers, which occur incrementally and over a long period are not factored in by the index.[16]
