For the third year in a row, the State of Climate Action provides a comprehensive assessment of the global gap in climate action across the highest-emitting sectors by highlighting where recent progress must accelerate over the next decade to limit warming to 1.5°C.
2. Agenda
Opening Remarks
Nigel Topping
Forests & Land and
Food & Agriculture
Sophie Boehm
Report Overview
Kelly Levin
Carbon Removal
and Finance
Claire Fyson
Power, Buildings,
Industry, and Transport
Louise Jeffery
Closing Remarks
Helen Mountford
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3. AN URGENT CALL FOR
SYSTEMS CHANGE
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Bright Spots: Wind
and Solar
Adoption of zero-carbon power
sources is on the rise, with recent
years witnessing record-breaking
growth. From 2019 to 2021, for
example, solar generation grew
by 47% and wind by 31%.
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022
10. An Urgent Call for Transformational Change
Power
Technological
Carbon Removal
Food & Agriculture
Forests & Land
Transport
Industry
Buildings
Finance
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Rapid Uptake of Heat
Pumps
Sales of highly efficient heat
pumps have accelerated in some
European countries, indicating
the potential for rapid change.
But continued acceleration and
uptake in other nations is needed
to decarbonize heating.
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022
29. 29
Advances in Low-Carbon
Steel
Additional investments, policy
support, and regulation are now
needed to improve technologies
and bring down costs for both
steel and green hydrogen
production.
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022
36. 36
Declines in Primary
Forest Loss across
Indonesia
Following devastating fires, the
Government of Indonesia,
adopted a portfolio of actions
that have helped reduce rates of
primary forest loss since 2017.
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022
40. 40
Below-Average Cereal
Yields in Africa
Particular attention on increasing
crop productivity is warranted in
Africa, where yields have
remained stagnant for decades
and climate impacts will likely
intensify.
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022
43. 43
Increases in U.S. Federal
Funds for Carbon Removal
RD&D
A handful of countries have
started funding or increased the
amount of federal funding going
towards the development of
carbon removal technologies.
The U.S. is a clear leader in
carbon removal investment.
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022
47. 47
Public finance for fossil
fuels remains far too
high
Governments poured almost $700
billion of public financing on fossil
fuels in 2020 – more than on low-
carbon development. And major
economies nearly doubled the
amount they spent on fossil fuel
production and consumption
subsidies between 2020 and 2021.
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022