The Climate Equity Monitor (CEM) is the first initiative from the global South that will track equity in climate action by the signatories of the UNFCCC.
Climate Equity Monitor is an online dashboard that assesses equity in climate action. It does so in relation to climate mitigation, energy and resource consumption, and climate policy across the entire world.
To the best of our knowledge, it is the first such initiative from the global South that will compare the policies and actions of Annex-I and Non Annex-I Parties from the perspective of equity and CBDR-RC.
Over the last decade, and especially in the run up to COP26, websites/data dashboards have proliferated, claiming to track climate policies and actions, notably in the context of the Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) under the Paris Agreement. Many of these rely on, or promote methodologies that scarcely address the principles of equity, differentiation, and historical responsibility (guiding principles of the UNFCCC).
This website and its dashboards aims to address this disparity, and promote a new narrative where the South looks out on the North and the rest of the world, and is not inwardly turned.
We hope to update and advance our work on a continuing basis. We look forward to being joined by many such voices from across all developing countries.
The website and data tracker is an effort undertaken by the Climate Change Group at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai. The analysis and assessment for the website has been carried out by the Climate Change Group at the MSSRF, some members of the Energy, Environment & Climate Change Programme at the National Institute for Advanced Studies (NIAS) Bengaluru, and other independent researchers.
Senior Fellow, Climate Change
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
Associate Professor
National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru
Assistant Professor
Azim Premji University, Bengaluru
Project Associate
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
Project Associate
National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru
Research Associate
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
Research Associate
M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
The Climate Equity Monitor (CEM) is the first initiative from the global South that will track equity in climate action by the signatories of the UNFCCC.