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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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Climate/Earth Index

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

build back better
Climate Crisis/Spring 2022

Editor’s note: We said we’d build back better. We didn’t. Now what?

by Toby Heaps

We can stop burning fossil fuels rapidly to preserve civilization and a livable climate

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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

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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?

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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

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