Environment Performance Index 2020
According to the 12th edition of the Environment Performance Index (EPI 2020)—released by Yale University—India has performed poorly. Out of the 180 countries analysed, India stood at 168—behind all South Asian nations, except Afghanistan—with a score of 27.6.
EPI Index
- The Environmental Performance Index (EPI) provides a data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world.
- Using 32 performance indicators across 11 issue categories, the EPI ranks 180 countries on environmental health and ecosystem vitality.
- These indicators provide a gauge at a national scale of how close countries are to established environmental policy targets. It provides a way to ....
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