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From June 20-28, our team will be in London for London Climate Action Week, contributing to discussions and sharing insights on topics ranging from corporate climate accountability, just energy transition to electrification, climate governance, international cooperation.

Launching its Article 6 assessment series, the CAT has undertaken its first qualitative assessments of the carbon credit arrangements under Article 6 for four countries: Switzerland, Japan, Brazil and Kenya.

In a briefing released at the Bonn climate talks, the CAT sets out responses to an energy shock that would support - or hinder decarbonisation, noting it is still in the hands of governments to use the momentum of the crisis to initiate structural changes.

As the annual Bonn Climate Change Conference (SB64) runs from 8-18 June, our team will be in Bonn contributing to key discussions and sharing new insights.

This piece, reacts to the publication of Germany's latest emissions projections which show that the German government is slowing down the energy transition and moving further from its climate targets. As a result, Germany will remain dependent on expensive, unreliable imports of oil and fossil gas for longer.

Today marks the launch of the Article 6 Observatory, a new independent platform designed to support transparency, accountability and informed engagement in the operationalisation of Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. With cooperative approaches under Article 6.2 advancing and the Article 6.4 Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism nearing implementation, the Article 6 Observatory aims to be a timely, trusted resource for stakeholders navigating these developments. The observatory’s work includes: Article 6.2: tracking the development of cooperative approaches and associated international trade in...

Analysis shows, tripling renewables, doubling energy efficiency and cutting methane by 2030 and beyond would cut warming rate by a third in ten years, and halve it by 2040.

Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute, and CAN International publish the 21st edition of the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI 2026): Denmark remains at the top, followed by UK and Morocco. Petrostates rank at the bottom: Saudi Arabia, Iran and USA. Dynamics in many G20 countries not yet strong enough.

Ten years after the Paris Agreement, the world stands at a critical juncture in the fight against climate change, with little to no measurable progress in warming projections - for the fourth consecutive year, said the Climate Action Tracker in its global update, released at the climate talks in Belém, Brazil.

Corporate net-zero commitments have multiplied since the Paris Agreement, yet real progress remains limited. In this op-ed for Reuters, our expert Frederic Hans argues that the corporate climate accountability system must evolve to prioritise credible transitions over empty targets.

For NewClimate Institute, 2024 marked our 10th anniversary – a milestone made possible by the dedication of our team and the continued support of our funders and partners. Celebrating the milestone, we publish our first annual report, providing a snapshot of who we are, our work in 2024 and a financial overview.

As the EU gears up to safeguard its competitiveness and resilience, including through Clean Trade and Investment Partnerships, the risk of turning inward at the expense of partnerships and climate diplomacy should not be underestimated, writes Sarah Jackson in this recent blog.

While some fashion companies have made progress in their climate strategies, the lack of critical transition measures and reliance on false solutions like biomass and fossil gas undermine the integrity of their efforts, according to the new analysis by the 2025 Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor (CCRM), released today by NewClimate Institute in collaboration with Carbon Market Watch. This year’s fashion deep dive of the 2025 CCRM, in its fourth edition, assesses five major global fashion companies – Adidas, H&M, Inditex, Lululemon and Shein – focusing on how well they align with the...

In an update on climate progress, the CAT noted a clear trend where none of the new targets submitted so far by the roughly 40 governments the CAT tracks have strengthened their 2030 targets, a crucial necessity given the need to halve emissions by 2030.

The new German coalition government emphasises the importance of strategic partnerships - but its actual plans tell a different story. Rather than fostering equal and mutually beneficial alliances, the focus lies squarely on Germany’s own interests, ranging from curbing migration at its source to securing access to raw materials. In doing so, Germany risks squandering both its credibility and its own long-term strategic advantages, as Lukas Kahlen and Ines Paiva from NewClimate Institute warn.