Environmental Performance Index

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 177^thout of 180 countries and in 2020, ranked 168^th 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.