Want to know how your country is performing in the fight against climate change? Tools like Climate Action Tracker and Systems Change Lab provide valuable insights into national policies, targets, and actions. These resources track global progress and identify where more work is needed to stay on track for climate goals.

Climate Action Tracker monitors the climate policies and emissions performance of 39 countries and the European Union, covering 85% of global emissions and approximately 70% of the global population. They evaluate national efforts and determine how well these align with the goals of the Paris Agreement, specifically the target to “hold global warming to well below 2°C.”

The tracker calculates global warming consequences and identifies the emissions gap—the difference between where we currently stand and the emissions levels needed to limit warming. Climate Action Tracker rates countries’ climate actions as consistent, insufficient, or critically insufficient based on their policies and targets. For example, as of the latest assessment, the USA has a rating of “insufficient” due to gaps in its policies, actions, finance commitments, and “fair share” targets. The tracker also discusses efforts such as the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes significant provisions for emission reductions and climate commitments.

In addition to country assessments, the Climate Action Tracker also covers the sectors of aviation and shipping, providing detailed graphs, charts, and write-ups to visualize the progress made and the gaps that remain.

Systems Change Lab takes a deeper dive into how institutional change can drive sustainable transformation across interconnected systems. They track global progress, identify critical barriers, and offer insights into key sectors such as power, industry, transport, carbon removal, and finance.

Through an open-source platform, Systems Change Lab provides data and analysis on the progress being made to transition these sectors toward more sustainable practices. Their work is crucial for understanding the systemic changes needed to align with global climate goals. As of now, the platform focuses on a select few sectors, but it will soon expand to cover even more, with ten additional sectors being added in the near future.

Another notable effort in the climate space is ISRIC/World Soil Information Service. As a global data center for soil information, ISRIC has been collecting and managing soil data since 1989. Their mission is to act as the “custodian of global soil information,” providing crucial data for sustainable land and soil management. Their reports and datasets support decision-making at the global, national, and sub-national levels, helping governments and organizations implement more sustainable practices for soil and land management.

The most recent ISRIC report was released in 2022, further strengthening their role in informing global soil management and sustainable land use policies.