Version 2.5.1-2.7.0
The Systems Change Lab team strives to continually update data, improve functions and add new capabilities to the platform. Continue reading for the latest suite of new features, bug fixes and improvements.
NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS
- For select indicators, we now track country and/or government participation on our Map and Table views. See the “Data Updates” section below for a list of indicators with newly added country-level data.
- Fixed a bug with the “Date last updated” field, which was showing an incorrect date.
- Fixed a bug that prevented circular economy data from being downloaded.
- Fixed a bug where our Disaggregate charts had elements running off the chart.
- Fixed a bug that impacted the small chart when an indicator featured a country with only one year of data.
DATA UPDATES
Power
- Number of countries with coal phaseout plans – added country-level data
- Number of countries with regulatory frameworks for renewable electricity generation – added country-level data
- Number of countries with tax incentives for renewable electricity generation – added country-level data
- Number of countries with financial incentives for energy storage – added country-level data
Transport
- Number of countries with announced mode shift targets prioritizing public transport – added country-level data
Finance
- Total blended finance supportive of the Sustainable Development Goals in developing countries – renamed indicator from “Total blended and catalytic finance,” updated data
- Private lending and underwriting for fossil fuels – updated data
- Crop insurance reformed to include sustainable conditionalities, as measured by total crop insurances – updated data
- Number of countries with commitments to adopt green budgeting – added country-level data
- Number of countries and development finance institutions (including multilateral and national development banks) with plans to phase out fossil fuel projects and financing – added country-level data
- Number of countries that mandate the inclusion of environmental crimes in due diligence obligations and mechanisms, as measured by countries with substantial effectiveness in implementing preventative anti-money laundering measures – added country-level data
- Number of countries with financial inclusion strategies and/or payment systems – added country-level data
- Number of countries covered by a sustainable or green taxonomy – added country-level data
Industry
- Number of countries committing to methane reduction under the Paris Agreement – added EU and country-level data
- Number of governments with published hydrogen strategies – added EU and country-level data
Technological Carbon Removal
- Number of governments investing in carbon removal research, development and demonstration – added country-level data
- Number of governments providing carbon removal deployment support – added country-level data
- Number of governments providing funding for carbon removal enabling infrastructure – added country-level data
- Number of governments considering equity and sustainability in their carbon removal investments – added country-level data
Circular Economy
- Number of countries with regulations to reduce single-use products – added country-level data
- Number of countries regulating deforestation-free products – added country-level data
- Number of countries with sustainable public procurement policies – added country-level data
- Number of countries with national targets for material productivity – added country-level data
- Number of countries that require product durability information – added country-level data
- Number of countries with deposit-refund and pay-as-you-throw schemes – added country-level data
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