DEVELOPING IDEAS, IMPLEMENTING ACTION

NewClimate Institute for Climate Policy and Global Sustainability generates ideas on climate change and drives their implementation. We raise ambition for action against climate change and support sustainable development through research, policy design and knowledge sharing.

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Publication

Climate Change Performance Index 2025

The Climate Change Performance Index monitors climate mitigation progress of 63 countries and the European Union, together responsible for more than 90% of global emissions.

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Publication

Climate Action Tracker Briefing: As the climate crisis worsens, the warming outlook stagnates

Despite an escalating climate crisis marked by unprecedented wildfires, storms, floods, and droughts, our annual global temperature update shows global warming projections for 2100 are flatlining, with no improvement since 2021. The aggregate effect of current policies set the world on a path toward...

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Blog

NewClimate Institute at COP29

COP29 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 - 22 November 2024. Our NewClimate Institute expert will be on the ground in Baku, hosting and participating in multiple events. Additionally, we will release several related publications before and during COP29.

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Blog

The promise of voluntary carbon markets unlocking finance for the Global South may be a myth

Carbon offsetting creates false expectations for the Global South, as it may not provide the climate and financial benefits it claims. Instead, it enables companies to continue polluting by paying to "offset" their emissions, leaving the Global South to bear the brunt of delayed climate action. A...

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Energy transition

Carbon markets

Sustainable development and just transition

Sustainable finance

Mitigation targets, policies and actions

Governance and diplomacy

Agriculture and food systems

Funding

NewClimate Institute is an independent non-profit organisation. We are financed only through individual projects and do not receive base funding. Project funders include government institutions from for example Germany, Netherlands, Norway, France, international organisations, foundations like the European Climate Foundation, ClimateWorks Foundation and IKEA Foundation, as well as non-governmental organisations and business associations. The six co-founders are the formal shareholders, but they have distributed the responsibilities for governing the organisation among the whole team of employees.

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