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Using 40 performance indicators across 11 issue categories, the EPI ranks 180 countries on climate change performance, environmental health, and ecosystem vitality. These indicators provide a gauge at a national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy targets. The EPI 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.
Denmark is at the first place, followed by the UK and Finland
| country | rank | epi score | 10-year change |
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| Denmark | 1 | 77.90 | 14.90 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 77.70 | 23.00 |
| Finland | 3 | 76.50 | 21.00 |
| Malta | 4 | 75.20 | 25.40 |
| Sweden | 5 | 72.70 | 15.80 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 72.30 | 13.50 |
| Slovenia | 7 | 67.30 | 8.60 |
| Austria | 8 | 66.50 | 7.20 |
| Switzerland | 9 | 65.90 | 8.20 |
| Iceland | 10 | 62.80 | 4.40 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 62.60 | 5.90 |
| France | 12 | 62.50 | 6.40 |
| Germany | 13 | 62.40 | 2.20 |
| Estonia | 14 | 61.40 | 6.10 |
| Latvia | 15 | 61.10 | 8.20 |
| Croatia | 16 | 60.20 | 17.20 |
| Australia | 17 | 60.10 | 10.30 |
| Slovakia | 18 | 60.00 | 3.20 |
| Czech Republic | 19 | 59.90 | 5.20 |
| Norway | 20 | 59.30 | 5.80 |
| Belgium | 21 | 58.20 | 6.10 |
| Cyprus | 22 | 58.00 | 6.00 |
| Italy | 23 | 57.70 | 6.00 |
| Ireland | 24 | 57.40 | 2.50 |
| Japan | 25 | 57.20 | 3.20 |
| New Zealand | 26 | 56.70 | -0.40 |
| Spain | 27 | 56.60 | 7.30 |
| Bahamas | 28 | 56.20 | 9.80 |
EPI indicators provide a way to spot problems, set targets, track trends, understand outcomes, and identify best policy practices. Good data and fact-based analysis can also help government officials refine their policy agendas, facilitate communications with key stakeholders, and maximize the return on environmental investments. The EPI offers a powerful policy tool in support of efforts to meet the targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to move society toward a sustainable future.
Overall EPI rankings indicate which countries are best addressing the environmental challenges that every nation faces. Going beyond the aggregate scores and drilling down into the data to analyze performance by issue category, policy objective, peer group, and country offers even greater value for policymakers. This granular view and comparative perspective can assist in understanding the determinants of environmental progress and in refining policy choices.
Funding from the the McCall MacBain Foundation of Canada supports the EPI work at both Yale and Columbia. The EPI research team is deeply grateful for this generous support.
Summary here:
https://epi.yale.edu/downloads/epi2022policymakerssummary.pdf
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