Saudi Arabia, United States do least for climate: study

Another achievement for Bush and his pals.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071207/sc_afp/unclimatewarminggermanysurvey_071207195948;_ylt=AnPeoGWuKv84f5gL2rvCcqEE1vAI

BERLIN (AFP) - Saudi Arabia and the United States do the least to protect the climate while Sweden does the most, according to a report by a German environmental group published on Friday

Germanwatch's Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of the 56 countries that are responsible for 90 percent of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions.

Saudi Arabia retained its last place finish from last year in the rankings, but the United States fell two places to second bottom.

http://www.germanwatch.org/klima/ccpi.htm

Which Country does how much to Protect
the Climate?
Table 1:
Overall Results Climate Change Performance Index 2008
CCPI Country Score* Partial Score
Rank Trend Level Policy
1 Sweden 65.6
2 Germany 64.5
3 Iceland 62.6
4 Mexico 62.5
5 India 62.4
6 Hungary 61.0
7 United Kingdom 59.2
8 Brazil 59.0
9 Switzerland 59.0
10 Argentina 58.5
11 Latvia 58.1
12 Belgium 57.9
13 Portugal 57.9
14 Malta 57.8
15 Indonesia 57.6
16 Norway 57.6
17 Denmark 57.3
18 France 56.8
19 Slovak Republic 56.5


CCPI Country Score* Partial Score
Rank Trend Level Policy
20 Lithuania 55.9
21 Turkey 55.7
22 Bulgaria 55.5
23 Morocco 54.8
24 Slovenia 54.2
25 Czech Republic 51.9
26 Thailand 51.7
27 Romania 51.5
28 Algeria 50.5
29 Spain 50.1
30 Netherlands 50.1
31 New Zealand 50.0
32 Croatia 49.7
33 South Africa 49.5
34 Iran 49.4
35 Estonia 49.2
36 Finland 49.1
37 Austria 48.7
38 Belarus 47.8
* rounded

CCPI Country Score* Partial Score
Rank Trend Level Policy
39 Poland 47.2
40 China 47.0
41 Italy 47.0
42 Japan 46.9
43 Greece 46.8
44 Ireland 46.4
45 Cyprus 46.0
46 Singapore 45.4
47 Ukraine 44.7
48 Kazakhstan 44.6
49 Malaysia 44.2
50 Russia 43.9
51 Korea, Rep. 41.3
52 Luxembourg 39.2
53 Canada 37.6
54 Australia 35.5
55 USA 33.4
56 Saudi Arabia 30.0