The best Climate Change ETFs
How to invest in climate-friendly companies using ETFs

How do I invest in climate-friendly stocks?
The Paris Agreement on Climate Change and, before that, the Kyoto Protocol were important steps to avoid climate change. The agreement states that the global temperature should not rise by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. To achieve this aim, the use of fossil fuels has to be severely restricted and all other resources must be managed sustainably. This is also a responsibility of companies.Index providers can evaluate how well companies are doing in this respect. Accordingly, companies with a favourable ecological footprint are given greater weights in climate-friendly indices. Usually, these indices are less strict than many other sustainable indices, in which the index providers also take social and governance criteria into account. Nevertheless, climate change indices and ETFs are in great demand as investments by major investors such as sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies or pension funds.
This investment guide on climate change will help you to select the best ETFs tracking climate-friendly indices. Currently, there are 24 indices which are tracked by ETFs.
Low Carbon 100 Europe performance
Climate Change ETFs in comparison
When choosing a climate change ETF one should consider several other factors in addition to the methodology of the underlying index and performance of an ETF. For better comparison, you will find a list of all climate change ETFs with details on size, cost, age, income, domicile and replication method ranked by fund size.
Compare all climate change ETFs in detail
Compare all climate change ETFs in a chart
Provider ISIN |
Fund size in m EUR |
TER in % |
Use of profits | Fund domicile | Replication method | |
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BNP Paribas Easy Low Carbon 100 Europe UCITS ETFLU1377382368 | 814 | 0.30% p.a. | Accumulating | Luxembourg | Full replication | |
Lyxor S&P Eurozone Paris-Aligned Climate (EU PAB) (DR) UCITS ETF - AccLU2195226068 | 620 | 0.20% p.a. | Accumulating | Luxembourg | Full replication | |
Deka MSCI USA Climate Change ESG UCITS ETFDE000ETFL573 | 580 | 0.25% p.a. | Distributing | Germany | Full replication | |
Amundi Index MSCI Global Climate Change UCITS ETF DR EUR (C)LU1602144229 | 386 | 0.25% p.a. | Accumulating | Luxembourg | Full replication | |
Deka MSCI EMU Climate Change ESG UCITS ETFDE000ETFL557 | 194 | 0.20% p.a. | Distributing | Germany | Full replication | |
Deka MSCI Germany Climate Change ESG UCITS ETFDE000ETFL540 | 171 | 0.20% p.a. | Distributing | Germany | Full replication | |
Deka MSCI Europe Climate Change ESG UCITS ETFDE000ETFL565 | 134 | 0.25% p.a. | Distributing | Germany | Full replication | |
Deka MSCI World Climate Change ESG UCITS ETFDE000ETFL581 | 76 | 0.25% p.a. | Distributing | Germany | Full replication | |
Deka MSCI Japan Climate Change ESG UCITS ETFDE000ETFL318 | 73 | 0.25% p.a. | Distributing | Germany | Full replication | |
Lyxor S&P Global Developed Paris-Aligned Climate (EU PAB) (DR) UCITS ETF - AccLU2198882362 | 51 | 0.20% p.a. | Accumulating | Luxembourg | Full replication | |
Amundi MSCI World Climate Paris Aligned PAB UCITS ETF DR - USD (C)LU2182388400 | 44 | 0.25% p.a. | Accumulating | Luxembourg | Full replication | |
Lyxor S&P 500 Paris-Aligned Climate (EU PAB) (DR) UCITS ETF - AccLU2198883410 | 38 | 0.20% p.a. | Accumulating | Luxembourg | Full replication | |
HANetf iClima Global Decarbonisation Enablers UCITS ETFIE00BNC1F287 | 36 | 0.65% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
UBS ETF (IE) UBS Climate Aware Global Developed Equity CTB UCITS ETF (USD) A-accIE00BN4PXC48 | 29 | 0.19% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
Franklin S&P 500 Paris Aligned Climate UCITS ETFIE00BMDPBZ72 | 28 | 0.15% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
JPMorgan Carbon Transition Global Equity UCITS ETF USD (acc)IE00BMDWYZ92 | 26 | 0.19% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
UBS ETF (IE) MSCI Japan Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (JPY) A-accIE00BN4Q0X77 | 14 | 0.20% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
UBS ETF (IE) MSCI World Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (USD) A-accIE00BN4Q0370 | 11 | 0.20% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
UBS ETF (IE) MSCI Europe Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (EUR) A-accIE00BN4Q0933 | 8 | 0.18% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
Franklin STOXX Europe 600 Paris Aligned Climate UCITS ETFIE00BMDPBY65 | 6 | 0.15% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
UBS ETF (IE) MSCI USA Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (USD) A-accIE00BN4Q0602 | 5 | 0.12% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
UBS ETF (IE) MSCI EMU Climate Paris Aligned UCITS ETF (EUR) A-accIE00BN4Q0L55 | 5 | 0.18% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
Lyxor S&P Europe Paris-Aligned Climate (EU PAB) (DR) UCITS ETF - AccLU2198884491 | 5 | 0.20% p.a. | Accumulating | Luxembourg | Full replication | |
FlexShares Developed Markets Low Volatility Climate ESG UCITS ETFIE00BMYDBG17 | 4 | 0.25% p.a. | Accumulating | Ireland | Full replication | |
FlexShares Developed Markets High Dividend Climate ESG UCITS ETFIE00BMYDBM76 | 4 | 0.29% p.a. | Distributing | Ireland | Full replication |
Source: justETF.com; As of 19.04.21
Return comparison of all climate change ETFs
The table shows the returns of all climate change ETFs in comparison. All return figures are including dividends as of month end. Besides the return the reference date on which you conduct the comparison is important. In order to find the best ETFs, you can also perform a chart comparison.
Source: justETF.com; As of 31.03.21; Calculations in EUR including dividends