Climate Watch

Research shows that to avoid increasingly dangerous impacts of climate change, global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions must be halved by 2030 and reach net zero around mid-century. To get there, countries need to set bold short- and long-term climate plans — but many are falling short of the ambition required. Nations urgently need to step up their efforts, delivering stronger climate plans grounded in robust, trustworthy data.

Climate Watch equips stakeholders with the data and tools needed to compare, analyze and evaluate countries’ efforts to tackle climate change — helping drive informed decisions and greater climate ambition.

Climate Watch is an open data platform that brings together dozens of datasets, enabling users to easily assess countries’ climate progress and commitments under the Paris Agreement. The platform offers access to the latest historical GHG emissions data, tracks net-zero targets, and provides insights into nationally determined contributions (NDCs) and long-term strategies (LTS) for reducing emissions.

Key features of the data platform include:

• Country Profiles, which provide a snapshot of countries’ climate actions, GHG emissions, vulnerabilities and much more.
• 150 years of GHG emissions data across all countries, sectors and gases.
• Detailed tracking of national climate commitments, including NDCs, LTS and net-zero targets.
• Emissions reduction estimates based on the latest NDCs, which highlight the remaining emissions gap to limit warming to 5 and 2 degrees C.
• Custom comparisons of climate commitments, both between countries and across a country’s NDCs over time. of climate commitments between countries and across a country’s NDCs over time.
• Mapped linkages between NDCs and the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Emissions scenario pathways for major emitting countries, derived from a growing library of models.
• Sectoral profiles summarizing climate progress, risks and vulnerabilities across key economic sectors.
• Customizable data visualizations that give users the ability to explore, download, save and share insights.
• A Data Explorer that allows users to download and reuse any dataset for free.

Access to reliable climate data, tools and visualizations has never been more crucial. Visit the Climate Watch platform to explore its wealth of comprehensive and comparable data on global progress to combat climate change.