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India could help limit global temperature rises to 1.5C - but only if its emissions peak as soon as possible and if by 2030 they have dropped by 16% from their 2005 levels. - Nandini Das, a climate and energy economist at Climate Analytics

At COP 26, the Vietnamese government promised to end the construction of new coal plants and phase out the dirtiest of those already running. However, as Dr. Nandini Das of Climate Analytics points out, "this is not actually what Vietnam is doing at a national level", since new policies have yet to be implemented.

Experts and activists doubt the real capacity of governments and companies to deploy the four billion dollars a year that will be needed until 2030 to advance on the path towards energy neutrality.

“If [offsets are] not real, additional and permanent – or if they’re used to continue fossil fuel emissions – then they will make climate change worse rather than better.” - Bill Hare

Despite rays of hope, including fresh US legislation and a change of government in Brazil, progress in 2022 has been slow - with governments around the world distracted by global energy and financial crises. This article looks at seven key nations to ask who is leading the way and who is dragging their feet.

"We are now in a moment where geopolitics and energy security issues are combining to really hammer home the benefits of cheap renewables, yet we are still seeing many of these governments turning to fossil fuels as the solution." - Bill Hare

Intense storms are becoming more common due to warmer oceans from anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gasses. In order to mitigate damage from future natural disasters, we need to curtail warming at 1.5C and support people on the front lines of climate change.

Climate Analytics Caribbean, along with the Ministry of Planning and Development and the UN Development Programme, held a workshop in anticipation of COP27 entitled "Prelude to COP27: How Trinidad and Tobago Can Lead the Region In Raising Resiliency".

“The report confirms the utterly glacial pace of climate action, despite the looming precipice of climate tipping points we’re approaching,” - Bill Hare