Abstract:
The 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 163 countries on environmental performance based on twenty-five indicators grouped within ten core policy categories addressing environmental health, air quality, water resource management, biodiversity and habitat, forestry, fisheries, agriculture, and climate change in the context of two broad objectives: environmental health and ecosystem vitality. The EPI’s proximity-to-target methodology facilitates cross-country comparisons among economic and regional peer groups. It was formally released in Davos, Switzerland, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum on January 28, 2010. The 2010 EPI is the result of collaboration between the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).
The report of the methodologies and the results, as well as the EPI, component scores, and raw variable data for all countries, in Microsoft Excel (XLS) and Portable Document (PDF) formats are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).
Purpose:
To provide quantitative metrics for evaluating a country's environmental performance in different policy categories relative clearly defined targets.
Dataset Originator/Creator:
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University, World Economic Forum (WEF), and Joint Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission
Dataset Title:
2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
Dataset Release Date:
2010
Dataset Release Place:
New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher:
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Version:
2010.00
Data Presentation Form:
document, tabular
Online Resource:
http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-perform...
The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) holds the copyright of this dataset. Users are prohibited from any commercial sale or free redistribution without explicit written permission from YCELP. Users should acknowledge YCELP, CIESIN, WEF, and JRC as the source used in the creation of any reports, publications, new datasets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this dataset. YCELP, CIESIN, WEF, and JRC also request reprints of any publications and notification of any redistributing efforts.
Name:
SEDAC USER SERVICES Phone:
+1 845-365-8920
Fax:
+1 845-365-8922
Email:
ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City:
Palisades
Province or State:
NY
Postal Code:
10964
Country:
USA
Name:
ROBERT
CHEN Phone:
1-845-365-8952
Fax:
1-845-365-8922
Email:
bchen at ciesin.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
WDC for Human Interactions in the Environment
CIESIN/Columbia University
P. O. Box 1000
61 Route 9W City:
Palisades
Province or State:
NY
Postal Code:
10964
Country:
USA
Distribution
Distribution_Media:
ONLINE HTTP
Distribution_Format:
PDF
Fees:
0
SEDAC USER SERVICES Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Phone:
+1 845-365-8920
Fax:
+1 845-365-8922
Email:
ciesin.info at ciesin.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City:
Palisades
Province or State:
NY
Postal Code:
10964
Country:
USA
CIESIN METADATA ADMINISTRATION Role:
DIF AUTHOR
Phone:
+1 845-365-8988
Fax:
+1 845-365-8922
Email:
metadata at ciesin.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
61 Route 9W, P.O. Box 1000 City:
Palisades
Province or State:
New York
Postal Code:
10964
Country:
USA
