2018 ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX

2018 ENVIRONMENTAL . PERFORMANCE INDEX . Global metrics for the environment: Ranking country PERFORMANCE on high-priority ENVIRONMENTAL issues Yale Center for ENVIRONMENTAL Law & Policy, Yale University Center for International Earth Science Information Network, Columbia University In collaboration with the World Economic Forum With support from The McCall MacBain Foundation and Mark T. DeAngelis FPO. EXECUTIVE summary DATA-DRIVEN METRICS. Careful measurement of ENVIRONMENTAL EPI are indicative of the need for national The world has entered a new era of trends and progress provides a foundation sustainability efforts on a number of data-driven ENVIRONMENTAL policymaking. for effective policymaking. The 2018 fronts, especially cleaning up air quality, With the UN's 2015 Sustainable ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE INDEX (EPI) protecting biodiversity, and reducing Development Goals, governments are ranks 180 countries on 24 PERFORMANCE GHG emissions.

India and Bangladesh come in near the bottom of the rankings. Low scores on the EXECUTIVE SUMMARY EPI are indicative of the need for national sustainability efforts on a number of fronts, especially cleaning up air quality, protecting biodiversity, and reducing GHG emissions. Some of the laggards face broader challenges, such as civil

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