Climate Transparency

5 reasons why Trump’s “Paris Agreement is very unfair” argument does not hold.  At the end of this week, the G7 countries meet in Chalevoix,...

Argentina took over the G20 Presidency on 1 December 2017 with three agenda priorities: 1) the future of work; 2) infrastructure for development; and 3)...

Climate Transparency receives funding through the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), between...

On the occasion of President Macron’s One Planet Summit on 12 December, Climate Transparency and its partner the Overseas Development Institute release the paper...

Greenhouse gas emissions are not declining The effects of climate change, which we are already witnessing, are the consequence of rising concentrations of greenhouse gases...

The G20 states are responsible for 74.9% of global greenhouse gas emissions. From 1990 to 2013, their absolute energy-related CO2 emissions have increased by 56%....

Climate Policy Framework G20 countries have increasingly introduced climate policies, showing growing awareness around the need for climate action and its benefits. Important policy instruments are...

Investment Attractiveness The transition from a brown to a green, low-carbon economy crucially depends on how attractive it is to invest. The investment attractiveness for...

Energy and Carbon Intensity For the G20 as a whole, the energy intensity of the economy (TPES/GDP) and the carbon intensity of the economy (CO2/GDP)...

G20 countries represent two thirds of the world population, and four fifths of global economic output, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP). Collectively,...