EU Climate Leader Board

The EU Climate Leader Board ranks EU member states on their support for the Effort Sharing Regulation across five categories: starting point, ETS surplus loophole, land use loophole, governance, and ambition level. Sweden ranks highest with a score of 67, while Malta ranks lowest with a score of 2. The analysis concludes that no EU country is currently doing enough to make the regulation compatible with the Paris Agreement.

• No European Union member state is taking sufficient action to ensure the Effort Sharing Regulation aligns with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
• Sweden is the highest-ranked country with a score of 67, followed by Germany (54) and France (53), while Malta is the lowest-ranked with a score of 2.
• The ranking methodology assigns points based on a country's position on five index categories: 'Starting point', 'Land use loophole', 'ETS surplus loophole', 'Governance', and 'Ambition level'.

APA

Carbon Market Watch (2017). EU Climate Leader Board. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/EU-Climate-Leader-Board_infographic_final.pdf

Chicago

Carbon Market Watch. EU Climate Leader Board. 2017. https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/EU-Climate-Leader-Board_infographic_final.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Carbon Market Watch |title=EU Climate Leader Board |date=March 2017 |url=https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/EU-Climate-Leader-Board_infographic_final.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{carbonmarketwatch2017climate, author = {{Carbon Market Watch}}, title = {{EU Climate Leader Board}}, institution = {Carbon Market Watch}, year = {2017}, month = mar, url = {https://carbonmarketwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/EU-Climate-Leader-Board_infographic_final.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }