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An Initiative of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) of Columbia University, in collaboration with the World Economic Forum and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission

The 2010 EPI has been released!  Please visit http://epi.yale.edu for the preliminary report and data. We will be posting all materials here in the near future.

This Web site provides access to materials relating to the 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), including:

Summary for Policy Makers, Report, and Data
Interactive Web site

The Web site also includes an archive of data and reports for the 2006 EPI.

The 2008 EPI centers on two broad environmental protection objectives:

(1) reducing environmental stresses on human health, and
(2) promoting ecosystem vitality and sound natural resource management.

Environmental health and ecosystem vitality are gauged using 25 indicators tracked in 10 policy categories: Environmental Health, Air Pollution (effects on humans), Water (effects on humans), Air Pollution (effects on ecosystems), Water (effects on ecosystems), Biodiversity and Habitat, Forestry, Fisheries, Agriculture, and Climate Change. The EPI utilizes a proximity-to-target methodology focused on a core set of environmental outcomes linked to policy goals. The 2008 EPI includes 149 countries based on data availability.

Communications about the EPI may be directed to the addresses below. For more information and data on environmental sustainability indicators, please visit SEDAC’s Environmental Sustainability mission area Web site. For reports and data for the 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) and earlier versions, visit the ESI Web site. For citations of the EPI, please visit the EPI citations page.

 
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and Policy
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USA
+1(203) 432-3123
Fax +1(203) 432-3817
E-mail: ycelp@yale.edu
Web: www.yale.edu/envirocenter


In Collaboration with:

Center for International
Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)

Columbia University
PO Box 1000
61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY  10964
USA
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Fax +1(845) 365-8922
E-mail: ciesin.info@ciesin.columbia.edu
Web: www.ciesin.columbia.edu

World Economic Forum
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Switzerland
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Fax (41-22) 786-2744
E-mail: contact@weforum.org
Web: www.weforum.org

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European Commission
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TP 361, 21020 Ispra
Italy
(39-03320)-785287
Fax: (39-0332)-785733
Web: www.jrc.cec.eu.int/uasa

 
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