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2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID: CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2001

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Summary
Abstract: The 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress towards environmental sustainability. The index is a composite measure of the current status of a nation's environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, ... View entire text

Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability based on lessons learned from the year 2000 pilot effort.
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Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 90.0   S: -55.0   E: 180.0   W: -180.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)/Columbia University
Dataset Title: 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Dataset Release Date: 2001
Dataset Release Place: New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher: Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Version: 2001.00
Data Presentation Form: document, tabular
Online Resource: http://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/data/set/esi-environmental-sustain...
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1980-01-01
Stop Date: 2000-12-31
Location Keywords
OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN
CONTINENT > AFRICA > NORTHERN AFRICA > ALGERIA
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Data Center
Climate Change Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Data Center URL: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html
Dataset ID: USEPA430-R-08-005EconomicSectors1990-2006

Data Center Personnel
Name: ROXANNE SMITH
Phone: 202-564-4455
Email: smith.roxanne at epa.gov
Contact Address:
U.S. EPA
Office of Public Affairs
1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
MC1701A
Room 3413 ARN
City: Washington, DC
Postal Code: 20460
Country: USA
Publications/References
USEPA,Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks:
1990-2006, USEPA #430-R-08-005, http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/downloads/08_CR.pdf
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2009-03-23
Last DIF Revision Date: 2012-02-09

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