Corporate climate action is increasingly considered important in driving the transition towards a low-carbon economy. For this, it is critical to ensure translation of global goals to greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets at company level. At the moment, however, there is a lack of clear methods to derive consistent corporate target setting that keeps cumulative corporate GHG emissions within a specific carbon budget (for example, 550–1,300 GtCO2 between 2011 and 2050 for the 2°C target) . Here the authors propose a method for corporate emissions target setting that derives carbon...

Press release Climate Action Tracker: China’s climate targets for Paris are conflicted China’s new climate plans announced this week for the Paris Climate Agreement are conflicted, the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) said today. See the full assessment of China's INDC China’s non-fossil primary energy target, actions to reduce coal use and wide range of other actions are set to make a major step toward a below 2 oC pathway. However, one element – the proposed carbon intensity target - is much weaker than all the other elements put together and would be consistent with a warming of 3-4 oC. This...

Press release from the Climate Action Tracker: Japan can almost reach its proposed - and “inadequate” - INDC - target without taking any further action, the Climate Action Tracker (CAT) said today. In the wake of the G7 decisions to decarbonise their economies, Japan appears to be heading in the opposite direction. Read the briefing from the Climate Action Tracker Japan’s draft INDC includes an emissions reduction target of 26% below 2013 emission levels by 2030, (equivalent to 18% below 1990 levels by 2030). Japan intends to use forestry accounting and its overseas crediting mechanism to meet...

A week after the Climate Action Tracker announced that Canada's submitted INDC provided an "inadequate" contribution to global climate change mitigation efforts, new analysis by NewClimate Institute shows that Canada's reduced ambition misses out on a number of significant potential benefits for energy security, reduced premature deaths from air pollution, and job creation in the renewable energy sector. See the assessment of co-benefit potential for Canada See the full Climate Action Tracker assessment of Canada's INDC This analysis was published on Monday 8th June in a larger report...

New analysis by NewClimate Institute shows that whilst Japan's draft INDC achieves a significant amount of benefits for the economy and the domestic population through cost savings and reduced deaths from air pollution, the scale of the potential benefits from more ambitious action that are missed by the limited ambition of the draft INDC is much greater. By 2030, Japan could achieve and annual cost savings of around USD 25 billion, could save approximately 15,000 premature deaths each year from reduced ambient air pollution, and could support an extra 67,000 full time equivalent jobs in the...

Niklas Höhne of NewClimate Institute presented in a side event at the UNFCCC climate change conference in Bonn on assessing the achieved and missed co-benefits of INDCs. Other presentations from this event: Preparing INDCs – Progress and lessons learned Potential mitigation impact of good practice policies

Markus Hagemann of NewClimate Institute presented in a side event at the UNFCCC climate change conference in Bonn on the progress and lessons learned from INDC preparation. Other presentations from this event: Potential mitigation impact of good practice policies Assessing the achieved and missed co-benefits of INDC

Hanna Fekete of NewClimate Institute presented in a side event at the UNFCCC climate change conference in Bonn on potential mitigation impacts of best practice policies. Other presentations from this event: Preparing INDCs – Progress and lessons learned Assessing the achieved and missed co-benefits of INDCs

Press release from the Climate Action Tracker: The combined climate plans for the G7 and EU have made a small step towards the right track to hold warming to 2°C, but there is still a substantial emissions gap, the Climate Action Tracker said today. Ahead of the upcoming G7 meeting in Germany, the Climate Action Tracker - an analysis carried out by four research organisations including NewClimate Institute - has looked at the combined INDCs of all G7 governments and the EU, who are responsible, in aggregate, for around 30% of global greenhouse gas emissions and 40% of global GDP. Read the full...

Niklas Höhne of NewClimate Institute presented on the status and challenges of INDC preperation at the fourth meeting of the Durban Forum on capacity-building.

Serves as a central hub for case studies on learning and leadership in climate action and NDC implementation.

The updated results of NewClimate Institute’s research to track the preparation of INDCs are now published. View the results As delegates gather in Bonn for the UNFCCC climate change conference, a new wave of submissions of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UNFCCC’s INDC portal are expected to be announced during the course of the two-week negotiations. By the end of June, approximately 58% of global GHG emissions are expected to be covered by submissions, as revealed in the latest update of research from NewClimate Institute. All countries have been asked to present...

Press release from the Climate Action Tracker: Under its INDC, Canada proposes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% below 2005 levels in 2030. This translates to a 21% reduction below 2005 emissions levels excluding forestry, or 2% below 1990 levels. Read the briefing from the Climate Action Tracker See the full assessment of Canada's INDC Canada accounts for 10% of the world’s forests. Current projections indicate that it is likely to generate substantial emissions credits in 2030 from activities in the forestry sector. Using forestry credits, it could avoid reducing emissions from other...

Good practice cases across developed and developing countries highlight the challenges of the climate policy and mitigation framework.

Gathered information on existing energy efficiency policies and their impact and assessed how future development of these areas can decrease emissions in the long run.

Quantified the possible contribution of International Cooperative Initiatives to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in Germany.