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    • 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI)

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) ranks 180 countries on 24 performance indicators in the following 10 issue categories: air quality, water and sanitation, heavy metals, biodiversity and habitat, forests, fisheries, climate and energy, air pollution, water resources, and agriculture. These categories track performance and progress on two broad policy objectives, environmental health and ecosystem vitality. The EPI's proximity-to-target methodology facilitates cross-country comparisons among economic and regional peer groups. The data set includes the 2018 EPI, component scores, and time-series source data. The 2018 EPI was formally released in Davos, Switzerland, at the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in January 2018. It is the result of collaboration of the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP), Yale University, Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), and the World Economic Forum (WEF). The Interactive Website for the 2018 EPI is at https://epi.envirocenter.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/H48913SG
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4416V05
    https://doi.org/10.7927/H4FX77CS
    https://doi.org/10.7927/f54c-0r44

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher SEDAC
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    Data First Published 2018-10-04
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    Citation Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, Yale Data-Driven Environmental Solutions Group - Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and World Economic Forum - WEF. 2018-10-04. 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI). Version 2018.00. 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/H4X928CF. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4X928CF.
    Creator Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy - YCELP - Yale University, Yale Data-Driven Environmental Solutions Group - Yale University, Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University, and World Economic Forum - WEF
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