The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) is one of the most respected resources for assessing and reporting on policies adpoted to address the climate and ecological emergency. Here is their assessment of the current policy proposal from COP26.

What about the UK?

This is CAT’s assessment for the United Kingdom

(2020 consumption emissions: 4.85 btn total, 4.85 tn/person).

… and the Big Emitters

This is CAT’s assessment for China.

This is CAT’s assessment for India.

This is CAT’s assessment for the European Union.

This is CAT’s assessment for the United States.


Here are the CO2 emissions for these countries and the UK.

CountryAnnual Total (bn tonnes)Annual per Capita (tonnes/person)
China9.446.59
EU2.417.74
India2.411.76
United Kingdom0.527.71
United States5.6317.10
Consumption emissions of CO2; totals for 2020, per capita for 2019. Data from Our World in Data.