This Web site provides access to materials relating to the 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), including:
• Summary for Policy Makers
• Main Report
• Data
• Yale University’s 2008 EPI Interactive Web site
• Press Release
• 2006 Pilot EPI Archive
• Map Gallery
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 six policy categories: Environmental Health, Air Pollution (effects on ecosytems), Water (effects on ecosystems), Productive Natural Resources, Biodiversity and Habitat, 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.
