The year 2025 marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of the Circular Carbon Economy (CCE) Index. Work on the current edition includes a comprehensive update of the indicator framework, with four new indicators introduced and 13 indicators revised across the various dimensions of the index. The CCE Index now incorporates half a decade of data collection, aggregation, analysis, and extensive data stakeholder dialogues into a comprehensive and robust framework for tracking the net-zero transition globally.
The 2025 CCE Index results deliver four headline policy messages:
- Countries need holistic net-zero strategies for effective progress toward emissions circularity.
- A multi-dimensional approach to energy security, underpinned by availability, stability, and fiscal sustainability, is required to allow for successful net-zero transitions.
- Closing CCE performance gaps will require strengthening enabling policy environments and scaling up clean technologies and finance.
- CCE transitions in developing countries can be accelerated with scaled-up implementation support.
