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2012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index

Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_EPI_2012

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Summary

Abstract: The 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 132 countries on 22 performance indicators in the following 10 policy categories: environmental burden of disease, water (effects on human health), air pollution (effects on human health), air pollution (ecosystem effects), water resources (ecosystem effects), biodiversity and habitat, forestry, fisheries, agriculture and climate change. These ...

Purpose: To provide quantitative metrics for evaluating a country's environmental performance in different policy categories relative to clearly defined targets.

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Description: Data in PDF and XLS formats.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

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), Joint Research Centre (JRC)/European Commission

Dataset Title: 2012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index

Dataset Release Date: 2012

Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY

Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University

Version: 2012.00

Data Presentation Form: document, tabular, map

Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/epi-environmental-perform...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2001-01-01

Stop Date: 2010-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > AFRICA

CONTINENT > EUROPE > SOUTHERN EUROPE > ALBANIA

Science Keywords

OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > BUOY POSITION

OCEANS > OCEAN CIRCULATION > OCEAN CURRENTS

ISO Topic Category

OCEANS

Platform

BUOYS

Instrument

DRIFTING BUOYS

Project

WOCE > World Ocean Circulation Experiment

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Access Constraints WOCE float data are proprietary for two years after the float stops
working. After two years, the data are public.

Use Constraints If you use data from the WFDAC, please reference the Principal
Investigator of the data.

Ancillary Keywords

ALACE FLOATS

BOBBER FLOATS

Originating Center

WHOI

Data Center

WOCE Subsurface Float Assembly Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Data Center URL: http://wfdac.whoi.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: CHRISTINE M. WOODING Phone: (508) 289-2722 Fax: (508) 457-2163 Email: cwooding at whoi.edu Contact Address: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Physical Oceanography Dept., MS#29 City: Woods Hole Province or State: MA Postal Code: 02543-1050 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: WWW

Personnel

MELANIE F. MEAUX

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Email: gsfc-gcmduso at mail.nasa.gov

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-07-21

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