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📌 The Question:

“Climate Action Tracker”, which monitors the emission-reduction pledges of different countries, is a:

(a) Database created by coalition of research organisations
(b) Wing of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(c) Committee under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
(d) Agency promoted and financed by UNEP and World Bank

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✅ Correct Answer: (a) Database created by coalition of research organisations

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🧠 Classroom Explanation:

The Climate Action Tracker (CAT) is an independent scientific analysis and database, not a UN body.

• It was launched in 2009
• It is a collaboration between two research organisations:
– Climate Analytics
– NewClimate Institute

CAT tracks and evaluates:
• Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)
• Climate policies and mitigation actions
• Alignment of country actions with the Paris Agreement goals (below 2°C and preferably 1.5°C)

CAT covers:
• 39 countries + European Union
• ~85% of global emissions
• ~70% of global population

It also aggregates national actions to estimate likely global temperature rise during the 21st century using climate models.

Hence, it is not part of IPCC, UNFCCC, UNEP, or World Bank.

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🔍 Curiosity Raiser:
If governments make climate promises, who checks whether those promises are actually enough to save the planet?

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📚 Enrich Notes (UPSC Edge):

• CAT ratings include: Critically insufficient, Highly insufficient, Insufficient, Almost sufficient
• Frequently cited in IPCC reports, COP negotiations, and climate litigation
• Important for GS-III (Climate Change) and GS-II (Global Governance)
• Illustrates the gap between political pledges and scientific pathways

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🪶 IAS Monk Whisper:
Promises warm the speeches; data alone cools the planet.