Cutting methane, limiting overshoot: pathways for Paris alignment

This report assesses the scale of methane reductions required this decade and beyond to align with the temperature limit of the Paris Agreement.

Highest possible ambition: science-aligned fossil fuel phase-out pathways

This brief presents some timelines on what transitioning away from fossil fuels could look like at both the global and national level, building on the Highest Possible Ambition scenario released last year by Climate Analytics and PIK. Focusing on fossil fuel demand, this brief provides data on the fossil fuel transition for a selected set of 15 countries.

Never let an energy crisis go to waste: government responses to the US-Israel war on Iran

Our flagship project the Climate Action Tracker has released a briefing, in the context of the US-Israel war on Iran, looking at what government responses work toward an energy transition and a decarbonisation of the global economy.

Pathways to Implementing GST Recommendations in the Caribbean

This report examines how the Caribbean can operationalise the Global Stocktake's (GST) “energy package” within its structural constraints. It assesses current transition targets, proposes guidance, and establishes benchmarks to support the global objective of limiting warming to 1.5°C – including country deepdives for Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Belize, and Trinidad and Tobago.

How import rules can cut global methane emissions

This briefing explores how the European Union’s new rules for imported oil, gas, and coal could drive methane emissions cuts far beyond its borders – and how, if other major importers follow, they could help close more than 40% of the gap to a 1.5°C-consistent methane pathway.

Submission to the Australian Senate Select Committee on the Taxation of Gas Resources

This submission mainly considers the climate implications of prospective changes to Australia’s gas and LNG taxation regime.

It notes opportunities for Australia to achieve ambitious climate action while safeguarding energy and economic security.

Rescuing shipping's Net Zero Framework

The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) proposed Net Zero Framework (NZF) offers a critical pathway for reducing emissions in international shipping and aligning the sector with global climate goals. This Climate Action Tracker briefing examines the potential temperature warming implications of the NZF, comparied with a business-as-usual scenario.

Decarbonising electricity, cement, iron and steel, and chemicals in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia

This four-part series explores technical and policy decarbonisation opportunities for the Western Balkans in key industries affected by the EU's incoming Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).

AEMO's gas projections for Western Australia: analysis

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has just released its gas projections for Western Australia, the results of which highlight the absence of climate policies in the state.

Troubled waters: risks and realities of blue carbon in climate action

Carbon stored in coastal and marine ecosystems, such as mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrass meadows (blue carbon) is viewed as a potential bridge between mitigation, adaptation, and climate finance. However, as this brief explores, the viability of blue carbon as a mitigation option is questionable due to the fragility of these systems and the use of blue carbon as offsets counterproductive.

Catalysing LT-LEDS implementation in Africa: Insights, bottlenecks, and solutions from country experiences

This report examines how African countries are advancing from the design to the implementation of their Long-Term Low-Emission Development Strategies (LT-LEDS), drawing on case studies from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda South Africa, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, as well as extensive desk research and comparative analysis.

Three key near-term actions could bend the warming curve; bringing projected warming below 2°C

Tripling renewables, doubling energy efficiency and cutting methane by 2030 and beyond would cut warming rate by a third in ten years, and halve it by 2040. This would cut projected warming this century about 0.9˚C from 2.6˚C to 1.7˚C.

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