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10 Jun 2022 Environmental Performance Index-2022

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India ranks last among 180 countries in the recently released Environmental Performance Index-2022.

The Environmental Performance Index is an international ranking system that measures the environmental status and sustainability of countries.
The Environmental Performance Index was launched as a biennial index by the World Economic Forum in 2002 as the Environmental Sustainability Index in collaboration with the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network.

The EPI for the year 2022 is divided into 11 issue categories of 40 performance indicators.
The distribution of the categories of its publications is aggregated under 3 policy objectives:
Environmental Health
Ecosystem Vitality
Climate change
These indicators provide an estimate at the national level of how integral countries are setting environmental policy goals.
The EPI team converts environmental data into indicators that rate countries on a scale of 0-100 (lowest to best).

Denmark topped the rankings for the year 2022, an achievement that reflects strong performance on all issues tracked by the EPI, along with remarkable leadership in efforts to promote a clean energy future and sustainable agriculture.
The United Kingdom and Finland are ranked second and third respectively, both of which have earned high scores for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in recent years.
The United States is ranked 20th out of 22 prosperous/thriving democracies in the global West and 43rd overall. The Hindu Analysis
India’s 180th ranking with a score of 18.9 comes after Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam and Myanmar.
According to the EPI, India has also scored low on the parameters of rule of law, control of corruption and government effectiveness.
India was ranked 168 in the EPI-2020 with a score of 27.6.
In the EPI-2020, Denmark has been ranked environmental health and sustainability first.

EPI enables decision makers to identify the drivers of top-notch performance
Analysis of EPI data shows that financial resources, good governance, human development and regulatory quality are important factors in enhancing the stability of a country.
By highlighting these relationships, EPI helps promote sustainable development in support of an environmentally safe and equitable future.