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2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID:
CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002
Summary
Abstract:
The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social and institutional capacity and global stewardship. The addition of a climate change indicator, reduction in number of capacity indicators, and an improved imputation methodology contributed to an ... improvement from the 2001 ESI. The index was unveiled at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, January 2002, New York. The 2002 ESI is the result of collaboration among the World Economic Forum (WEF), 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, the ESI, component, indicator and variable scores for all countries in Portable Document (PDF) and Microsoft Excel (XLS) formats and maps in Portable Document Format (PDF) and Portable Network Graphics (PNG) formats are available from the NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).  Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability covering a number of sustainability dimensions.
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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:
2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Dataset Release Date:
2002
Dataset Release Place:
New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher:
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Version:
2002.00
Data Presentation Form:
document, tabular, map
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
Science Keywords
ATMOSPHERE
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AIR QUALITY
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EMISSIONS
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > TRACE GASES/TRACE SPECIES > GREENHOUSE GASES
BIOSPHERE
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VEGETATION
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CARBON
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > BIOMASS BURNING
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > DEFORESTATION > GLOBAL DEFORESTATION
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > FOSSIL FUEL BURNING
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS > INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION > REFORESTATION/REVEGETATION > GLOBAL REFORESTATION
OCEANS > OCEAN CHEMISTRY > CARBON DIOXIDE
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > HABITAT CONVERSION/FRAGMENTATION
ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > CARBON DIOXIDE
HUMAN DIMENSIONS > PUBLIC HEALTH
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Originating Center
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
on-line (FTP)
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Role:
INVESTIGATOR
Role:
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Email:
ifung at berkeley.edu
Publications/References
Broecker, W.S., et al. 1986. 'Isotopic versus micrometeorological
ocean CO2 fluxes: A serious conflict', J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 91, pp. 10517-10527. Fung, I., C.J. Tucker and K.C. Prentice. 1987. 'Applications of AVHRR vegetation index to study atmosphere-biosphere exchange of CO2', J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 92, pp. 2999-3015. Abstract: http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/1987/Fung_etal_1.html Fung, I., J. John, J. Lerner, E. Matthews, M. Prather, L.P. Steele, and P.J. Fraser. 1991. 'Three-dimensional model synthesis of the global methane cycle', J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 96 (D7), pp. 13003-13013. Houghton, R.A., R.D. Boone. J.R. Fruci, J.E. Hobbie, J.M. Melillo, C.A. Palm, B.J. Peterson, G.R. Shaver, and G.M. Woodwell. 1987. ' The flux of carbon from terrestrial ecosystems to the atmosphere in 1980 due to changes in land use: Geographic distribution of the global flux', Tellus, Vol. 39(B), pp. 122-139. Houghton, R.A. 1991. 'Tropical deforestation and atmospheric carbon dioxide', Climatic Change, Vol. 19, pp. 99-118. Marland, G. 1989. 'Fossil fuels CO2 emissions: three countries account for 50% in 1986', in CDIAC Communications, Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Winter 1989. Tans, P., I. Fung and T. Takahashi. 1990. 'Observational constraints on the global atmospheric CO2 budget', Science, Vol. 247, pp. 1431-1438. Abstract: http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/1990/Tans_etal.html
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-10-17
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2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Entry ID:
CIESIN_SEDAC_ESI_2002
Summary
Abstract:
The 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) measures overall progress toward environmental sustainability for 142 countries based on environmental systems, stresses, human vulnerability, social and institutional capacity and global stewardship. The addition of a climate change indicator, reduction in number of capacity indicators, and an improved imputation methodology contributed to an ...
Purpose: To provide a comparative index of national-level environmental sustainability covering a number of sustainability dimensions.
Related URL
Geographic Coverage
(Click for Interactive Map)
Spatial coordinates
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:
2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)
Dataset Release Date:
2002
Dataset Release Place:
New Haven, CT
Dataset Publisher:
Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University
Version:
2002.00
Data Presentation Form:
document, tabular, map
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
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Ancillary Keywords
Originating Center
Data Center
Distribution
Distribution Media:
on-line (FTP)
Personnel
Publications/References
Broecker, W.S., et al. 1986. 'Isotopic versus micrometeorological
ocean CO2 fluxes: A serious conflict', J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 91, pp. 10517-10527.
Creation and Review Dates
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-10-17
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