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    • 2012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The 2012 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 132 countries on 22 performance indicators in the following 10 policy categories: environmental burden of disease, water (effects on human health), air pollution (effects on human health), air pollution (ecosystem effects), water resources (ecosystem effects), biodiversity and habitat, forestry, fisheries, agriculture and climate change. These categories track performance and progress on two broad policy objectives, environmental health and ecosystem vitality. Each indicator has an associated environmental public health or ecosystem sustainability target. The EPI's proximity-to-target methodology facilitates cross-country comparisons among economic and regional peer groups.

    The Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index (Trend EPI) ranks countries on the change in their environmental performance over the last decade. As a complement to the EPI, the Trend EPI shows who is improving and who is declining over time.

    The 2012 EPI and Pilot Trend EPI were formally released in Davos, Switzerland, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum on January 27, 2012. These are the result of collaboration between the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP) and the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). The Interactive Website for the 2012 EPI is at http://epi.yale.edu/.

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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/H44M92GX
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4HT2M77
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4D21VHT
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4416V05
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FX77CS
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X928CF

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    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
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    Citation Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, World Economic Forum - WEF, and Joint Research Centre - JRC - European Commission. 2012-08-28. 2012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index. Version 2012.00. 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/H48913SG. https://doi.org/10.7927/H48913SG.
    Creator Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, World Economic Forum - WEF, and Joint Research Centre - JRC - European Commission
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