Environmental Performance Index
- August 13, 2020
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
- Category: DPN Topics
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Subject: Environment
Context:
Debate over draft EIA 2020 Notification shed lights on poor ranking of India in Environmental Performance Index report
Concept:
- In 2018, India ranked 177thout of 180 countries and in 2020, ranked 168th out of 180 faring badly on virtually all indicators — environmental health policy, biodiversity and habitat, air and water pollution and climate change.
- EPI is a biennial index prepared by Yale University and Columbia University in collaboration with the World Economic Forum.
- It offers a scorecard that highlights leaders and laggards in environmental performance and provides practical guidance for countries that aspire to move toward a sustainable future.
- This index was first published in 2002 designed to supplement the environmental targets set forth in the United Nations Millennium Development Goals.