The 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) was launched today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The Index, produced by a team of environmental experts at Yale University and Columbia University, found that Switzerland tops the global list of countries ranked by environmental performance.
The 2008 EPI ranks 149 countries on 25 indicators tracked across six established policy categories: Environmental Health, Air Pollution, Water Resources, Biodiversity and Habitat, Productive Natural Resources, and Climate Change. The EPI identifies broadly-accepted targets for environmental performance and measures how close each country comes to these goals.
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For further information please contact: epi@yale.edu
Lead authors:
Daniel Esty
Director of the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy and The Center for Business and Environment at Yale
Marc Levy
Deputy Director of CIESIN, Columbia University
To schedule an interview, please contact Ysella Edyvean on +1-203-432-5967 or by e-mail on ysella.edyvean@yale.edu
For more information about the 2008 EPI, please contact the Project Director, Christine Kim, at +1 -203-432-6065 or epi@yale.edu
