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A new report claims to analyze and rank the economic and energy performance of the world's 50 largest greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting nations for the first time. The United States ranks among the world's top countries in clean tech investments, patents, renewable energy generation, and electric vehicle (EV) adoption -- while at the same time being among the worst for energy consumption and emissions.

Australia has one of the world's highest rates of greenhouse gas emissions per person. A report released on Monday lists countries that have been reducing their greenhouse gas emissions per capita rate since 1990. But Australia is not one of them and has gone in the opposite direction, with a 21% increase in greenhouse gas emissions per person.

California leads the world in cutting greenhouse gases at a rate second only to France. That's according to a study, the "California Green Innovation Index," released today by Next 10, a nonprofit focused on climate change and the clean tech economy.

The Philippines has been cited as a worldwide leader in renewable electricity share and emissions per person in the Green Innovation Index (International Edition) of Next 10, a California-based non-partisan organization that advocates sustainable economic growth.

California not only leads the nation in the fight against climate change — in some ways it leads the world. The Golden State has the world’s second least carbon-intensive economy, according to a new study from public policy group Next 10. Only France, with its large fleet of nuclear power plants, emits fewer greenhouse gases for each dollar (or euro) of economic activity.

California reaffirmed its commitment to combat global warming Wednesday when Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order that sets North America’s most ambitious goal: lowering the state’s greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below its 1990 levels by 2030.

Peoria licensed the tool from a California-based nonprofit organization called Next 10, which focuses on civic education and engagement.