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The Corporate Knights EARTH INDEX is a measurement of the speed at which countries (by sector) are reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to the speed required to deliver on their commitments. Read the full 2022 Earth Index report.

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Earth Index 2023 carbon emissions Corporate Knights
2023 Earth Index

G20 countries fail to match climate pledges with action

by CK Staff

2023 Earth Index report finds that the G20 as a whole saw emissions increase from 2020 to 2021

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Rising global emissions reveal a troubling ‘say–do’ gap

by CK Staff

Earth Index analysis of new IEA data reveals that no countries are doing enough to reach 2030 emissions targets

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2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa loom large in world’s prospects for averting climate disaster

by Ralph Torrie

The 5 BRICS countries account for more than half of G20 emissions – as well as the most cost-effective opportunities for decarbonization

Japan nuclear energy
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Japan looks to reboot nuclear power to decarbonize its grid

by Naoya Abe

The country hopes to restart around 30 reactors decommissioned after Fukushima to curb its coal-heavy power emissions

2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Italy hits a diesel-fueled traffic jam in the race to net-zero

by Eric Reguly

Earth Index confirms Italy’s middling performance in meeting its climate targets. As a relatively wealthy country, Italy should be able to perform

climate action Germany
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Germany doubles down on 'freedom energy'

by Naomi Buck

The country topped Corporate Knights Earth Index by reducing coal use, but will Russian invasion weaken its resolve?

France dairy greenhouse gas emissions
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

Can France get past its GHG-rich love of dairy and diesel to be a climate leader?

by Adrian Hiel

Earth Index report finds France may be cleaning up its power sector, but it will have to put its dairy farmers and

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2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

EVs are leading U.K.’s race to net-zero, but will England stay off the gas?

by Mike Scott

The U.K. is largely on track to meet its targets, according to Earth Index report, but risks falling behind as PM Boris

greenhouse gas emissions by country | Earth Index 2022
2022 Earth Index/Spring 2022

World leaders pledged to cut GHG emissions dramatically by 2030. So far, they’re blowing it.

by Shawn McCarthy

New Corporate Knights Earth Index report finds most G20 countries off track when it comes to meeting their 2030 targets. How can

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