Italy has significantly stagnated in its fight against the climate crisis: the country gains only one position over last year - it is now 29th instead of 30th - but remains anchored at the top of the Climate Change Performance Index 2023, a report on the climate performance of the world's major countries drawn up by Germanwatch, CAN and NewClimate Institute in collaboration with Legambiente for Italy. In the annual report, which was presented yesterday at the COP27 in Sharm el Sheikh, the goals of the Paris Agreement and the commitments made through 2030 are used as a measuring stick. This is done with the Climate Change Performance Index. The report says that the Italian result is mostly hurt by the slowing development of renewable energy and a climate policy that is still not good enough to deal with the emergency. This year, too, the first three spots on the list are still empty: The report looked at 59 countries and the European Union as a whole, which together are responsible for up to 90% of the world's climate-changing emissions. However, none of these countries have done what they need to do to deal with the climate crisis and keep the average global temperature from rising by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. The Scandinavian countries are at the top of the list, continuing to lead the race to zero emissions despite the energy crisis. Denmark and Sweden, in particular, are ranked fourth and fifth, mostly because they are committed to getting rid of fossil fuels and making more use of renewable energy. They are followed by Chile, Morocco, and India, which take action on climate change even though their economies are in bad shape. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Kazakhstan, which are all exporters and users of fossil fuels, are at the bottom of the list. China, which is the biggest polluter in the world, has dropped 13 spots since last year and is now in 51st place. This is because, despite great progress in renewable energy, China's emissions keep going up since they use a lot of coal and their production system isn't very energy efficient.