Portugal Rises to 11th in Global Climate Index

Portugal moved up one position to 11th in the 2027 Climate Change Performance Index presented at the United Nations COP31 conference in Antalya, Turkey. The report by Germanwatch and the NewClimate Institute noted that Portugal's greenhouse gas emissions per capita dropped 15.1% over the past five years to 4.81 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. Denmark ranked highest in the assessment of 64 countries, while several major industrial nations received very low scores.