BAKU: India slipped from 7th rank a year ago to 10th in the latest Climate Change Performance Index , but the country along with the UK (6th) are the only G20 nations on the high-performers list, showed an annual report released on the sidelines of CO on Wednesday. Despite the drop, India remains on the list of top 10 high-performing countries for the sixth year in a row. India, which ranked 31st in 2014, entered the top 10 in 2019.
Denmark, the Netherlands and the UK take the lead as fourth, fifth and sixth rankers with the top three ranks remaining vacant like the previous years in the absence of a perfect score to any country. The world's biggest emitter China ranks 55th and the second biggest, US, remains at 57th position - they are among very low performers, according to the 20th edition of CCPI, released jointly by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute, and CAN International. The four last-placed countries are Iran, Saudi Arabia, last year UN climate talks host UAE and Russia - ranked 67, 66, 65 and 64, respectively.
"All four are among the largest oil and gas producers worldwide. The share of renewables in their energy mix is lower than 3%. These countries show no sign of departing from fossil fuels as a business model," the report, which assessed the progress made by the largest emitters globally, said.
CCPI uses a standardised framework to compare the climate performance of 63 countries and the EU, which together account for over 90% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissi.