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    • 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI)

    Metadata Updated: December 7, 2023

    The 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) utilizes a refined methodology based on the 2000 Pilot ESI effort, to construct an index covering 122 countries that measures the overall progress towards environmental sustainability. The index is a composite measure of the current status of a nation's environmental systems, pressures on those systems, human vulnerability to environmental change, national capacity to respond, and contributions to global environmental stewardship. The refinements included the addition and deletion of indicators, filling gaps in data coverage, new data sets, and the modification of the aggregation scheme. The index was unveiled at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting, January 2001, Davos, Switzerland. The 2001 ESI is the result of collaboration among the World Economic Forum (WEF), Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP), and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4NK3BZJ
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4SB43P8
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H40V89R6

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 7, 2023
    Publisher SEDAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1000000220-SEDAC
    Data First Published 2001-12-31
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2001-12-31
    Category ESI, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation World Economic Forum - WEF - Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2001-12-31. 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI). Version 2001.00. New Haven, CT. Archived by National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Government, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP)/Yale University. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X34VDM. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X34VDM.
    Creator World Economic Forum - WEF - Global Leaders for Tomorrow Environment Task Force, Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, and Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University
    Graphic Preview Description Sample browse graphic of the data set.
    Graphic Preview File https://sedac.ciesin.columbia.edu/downloads/maps/esi/esi-environmental-sustainability-index-2001/sedac-logo.jpg
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X34VDM
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 026:001
    Related Documents https://doi.org/10.7927/H4NK3BZJ, https://doi.org/10.7927/H4SB43P8, https://doi.org/10.7927/H40V89R6
    Release Place New Haven, CT
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 49f4104e4b4a061aebc3ce8afccfae01d7704d611f1b19d970b89f9f37d3c154
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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    Temporal 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z/2000-12-31T00:00:00Z

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