Environmental Sustainability Index
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The Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) is a composite index tracking 21 elements of environmental sustainability covering natural resource endowments, past and present pollution levels, environmental management efforts, contributions to protection of the global commons, and a society's capacity to improve its environmental performance over time.[1][2]
The ESI was published between 1999 to 2005 by Yale University's Center for Environmental Law and Policy in collaboration with Columbia University's Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), and the World Economic Forum.
The Environmental Sustainability Index was developed to evaluate environmental sustainability relative to the paths of other countries. Due to a shift in focus by the teams developing the ESI, a new index was developed, the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), that uses outcome-oriented indicators, then working as a benchmark index that can be more easily used by policy makers, environmental scientists, advocates and the general public.[3] The EPI has been published for 2006[4] and 2008.[5]
References
- ^ Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. "2005 Environmental Sustainability Index". Yale University.
- ^ Peart, Karen (2005-01-26). "Finland Tops Environmental Scorecard at World Economic Forum in Davos", Office of Public Affairs at Yale.
- ^ Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. "2008 Environmental Performance Index Report". Retrieved on 2008-03-18. See Executive Summary, pp. 32-35 for a detailed comparison between the ESI 2005, the EPI 2006 and the EPI 2008.
- ^ Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. "Pilot 2006 Environmental Performance Index". Retrieved on 2007-06-17.
- ^ Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy / Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University. "Switzerland Tops 2008 Environmental Scorecard at World Economic Forum". Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
See also
- Environmental Performance Index The ESI became the EPI by the same authors. There are indexes for 2006 and 2008.
- Environmental Vulnerability Index
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