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Denmark ranks highest on Climate Change Performance Index

By State of Green | [email protected]

21 November 2013

Denmark is this year’s best performer on the 2014 Climate Change Performance Index, once again claiming the fourth position on the index. The first three positions remain empty to underscore that good is still not good enough.

An ambitious energy policy and high energy efficiency stand out as some of the main reasons for the top ranking, and Denmark managed to slightly improve its score in nearly every sector compared to the previous year.

The report is released by the environmental think tank Germanwatch and CAN Europe and assesses countries based on CO₂emissions, sustainable energy, energy efficiency, as well as environmentally-friendly policies.

- “It is a remarkable recognition of the Danish efforts in the energy sector. Even though Danes use energy like other developed countries, we do it much more efficiently – and we have a clear direction for the transformation of our energy sector. It is also obvious that CO₂ emissions from our electricity and heat production is one of the important factors that brings Denmark upwards in the index. Here we have done a lot,” concludes Charlotte Søndergren, Head of Department at the Danish Energy Association.

About the Climate Change Performance Index

The Climate Change Performance Index is an instrument designed to enhance transparency in international climate politics. Its aim is to put political and social pressure on those countries which have, up until now, failed to take ambitious action on climate protection. It also aims to highlight those countries with best-practice climate policies.

On the basis of standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 58 countries that are, together, responsible for more than 90 percent of global energy-related CO₂ emissions.

Download the Climate Change Performance Index 2014 report

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