Climate Action Tracker (CAT) is an independent scientific project[2][3] with the aim of monitoring government action to achieve their reduction of greenhouse gas emissions with regard to international agreements – specifically the globally agreed Paris Agreement aim of "holding warming well below 2°C, and pursuing efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.".[4][5] It is tracking climate action[6] in 39 countries and the EU responsible for over 85% of global emissions.[7] The CAT is the product of two organisations: NewClimate Institute [1] and Climate Analytics [2].
The actions it tracks are:
- Effect of climate policies and action on emissions.
- Impact of pledges, targets and NDCs on national emissions over the time period to 2030, and where possible beyond.
- Comparability of effort against countries' fair share and modelled domestic pathways.
COP26
Toward the end of the COP26 climate conference, CAT produced a report concluding that the current "wave of net‑zero emission goals [are] not matched by action on the ground" and that the world is likely headed for more than 2.4 °C of warming by the end of the century.[8][9][10]
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Stockwell, Claire; Geiges, Andreas; Ramalope, Deborah; Gidden, Matthew; Hare, Bill; de Villafranca Casas, Maria José; Moisio, Mia; Hans, Frederic; Mooldijk, Silke; Höhne, Niklas; Fekete, Hanna (9 November 2021). Glasgow's one degree 2030 credibility gap: net zero's lip service to climate action(PDF). Berlin, Germany and Cologne, Germany: Climate Analytics and NewClimate Institute. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
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