With the Copenhagen climate talks looming, the blame game has begun. China condemns Japan’s climate plan, France demands that Canada and the United States do more to stop global warming, Europeans squabble among each other.

But where does each country really stand in the battle against climate change? No government will commit to a Copenhagen treaty until it knows who is advancing, and who is retreating. It is time for a snapshot of the reality behind the rhetoric of climate change politics.

The Climate Scorecards 2009 ranks the G8 world’s richest nations’ based on their past, present and future (planned) climate performance. The report also assesses, without ranking, the ‘G5’ major developing countries—Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa.

Read the complete news item here:

http://knowledge.allianz.com/en/globalissues/climate_change/top_climate_stories/climate_scorecards_09.html?g8_climatescorecards_2009_flash/

Our opinion:

An interesting ranking with sone very useful information. The other interesting aspect is that this has been done in cooperation between the Allianz (German insurance and financial company and the WWF).