The State of Climate
Action 2022

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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AN URGENT CALL FOR
SYSTEMS CHANGE
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The Potential for Exponential Growth
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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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

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Bright Spots:
Wind
and Solar
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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Bright Spots:
Batteries
Battery storage prices have
also fallen substantially – by
around 89% between 2010
and 2021.
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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Bright Spots:
Electric
Vehicles
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

A CASE
FOR OPTIMISM
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An Urgent Call for Transformational Change
Power
Technological
Carbon Removal
Food & Agriculture
Forests & Land
Transport
Industry
Buildings
Finance

Sectors Emitting ~85% of GHGs Globally
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

Assessing Progress toward 2030 Targets
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

Assessing Progress toward 2030 Targets
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

Assessing Progress toward 2030 Targets
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Translating
the Scale of
Change
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

Enablers of Systems Change
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

Systems
Change
Lab
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Systems Change Lab

POWER
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Progress in Power
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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Accelerating Coal Phaseout 6x Faster
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

BUILDINGS
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Progress in Buildings
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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Slowing Energy Intensity Improvements
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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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

INDUSTRY
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Progress in Industry
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

Decarbonizing Steel Production
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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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

TRANSPORT
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Progress in Transport
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

Scaling Up Nascent Technologies
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

FORESTS AND LAND
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Progress in Forests & Land
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

Dramatically Reducing Deforestation
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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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

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
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Progress in Food & Agriculture
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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Boosting Crop Yields
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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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

CARBON REMOVAL
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Progress in Carbon Removal
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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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

FINANCE
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Progress in Finance
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Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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Increasing Global Total Climate Finance
Source: Boehm et al. 2022

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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

Thank you!