The Environmental Performance Index ( EPI ) is a method of quantifying and numerically marking the environmental performance of a state's policies, highlightning the degradation of the planet's life-supporting systems on which humanity depends. A world economy that continues to rely heavily on fossil fuels translates into ongoing air and water pollution, acidification of the oceans, and rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These changes threaten the survival of species already suffering from widespread habitat loss, pushing them closer to extinction. Recent analyses show that humanity has already transgressed six out of nine critical planetary boundaries that define Earth's safe operating space — and is close to crossing a seventh.
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48-450: A British education think tank European Patent Institute , the professional association of European patent attorneys European Payments Initiative , a pan-European payment system Language [ edit ] EF English Proficiency Index , a ranking of countries by their English skills Epi languages , a family of languages spoken on Epi island Other uses [ edit ] Environmental Performance Index , quantifier of
72-450: A British education think tank European Patent Institute , the professional association of European patent attorneys European Payments Initiative , a pan-European payment system Language [ edit ] EF English Proficiency Index , a ranking of countries by their English skills Epi languages , a family of languages spoken on Epi island Other uses [ edit ] Environmental Performance Index , quantifier of
96-533: A better data-driven summary of the state of sustainability around the world. The 2024 index is based on 58 performance indicators grouped into 30 issue categories with an objective of environmental health, ecosystem vitality and climate change, ranking 180 countries. The 2024 Environmental Performance Index report ranks 180 countries and territories, based on 58 performance indicators grouped into 30 issue categories. The top five countries are Estonia , Luxembourg , Germany , Finland and
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144-466: A cactus hybrid Technology [ edit ] Episerver , a global e-commerce company Epitaxy , a semiconductor fabrication technique European Processor Initiative , a European project to build new low-power processors Other sciences [ edit ] Eletrophotonic imaging , an imaging technique Epimer , one of a pair of diastereomers Places [ edit ] Epi (island) , in Vanuatu Portuguese India , also known as
168-503: A principle in information theory Medicine and health [ edit ] Echo-planar imaging Epidemiology Epinephrine , a neurotransmitter Epinephrine (medication) Epi-pen Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency , the inability to properly digest food due to a lack of digestive enzymes made by the pancreas Expanded Program on Immunization , a World Health Organization program Biology [ edit ] Epidendrum , an orchid genus Epiphyllum hybrid ,
192-503: A principle in information theory Medicine and health [ edit ] Echo-planar imaging Epidemiology Epinephrine , a neurotransmitter Epinephrine (medication) Epi-pen Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency , the inability to properly digest food due to a lack of digestive enzymes made by the pancreas Expanded Program on Immunization , a World Health Organization program Biology [ edit ] Epidendrum , an orchid genus Epiphyllum hybrid ,
216-479: The United Kingdom , while the last ones are India , Myanmar , Laos , Pakistan and Vietnam . Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 . EPI scores are positively correlated with a country's wealth, although after a point, increasing wealth yields diminishing. returns. At every level of economic development, though, some countries outperform their peers while others lag. Some of
240-612: The Portuguese State of India (Portuguese: Estado Português da Índia ) People [ edit ] Enkhjargal Dandarvaanchig (born 1968), Mongolian musician Epi Taione (born 1979), Tongan rugby union footballer Epi, (born c. 1988), anonymous British artist Juan Antonio San Epifanio (born 1959), Spanish basketball player Organisations [ edit ] Ecology Project International , an American environmental organization Economic Policy Institute , an American economic think tank Education Policy Institute ,
264-553: The Portuguese State of India (Portuguese: Estado Português da Índia ) People [ edit ] Enkhjargal Dandarvaanchig (born 1968), Mongolian musician Epi Taione (born 1979), Tongan rugby union footballer Epi, (born c. 1988), anonymous British artist Juan Antonio San Epifanio (born 1959), Spanish basketball player Organisations [ edit ] Ecology Project International , an American environmental organization Economic Policy Institute , an American economic think tank Education Policy Institute ,
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#1732843944336288-593: The biodiversity protection goals in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework . In 2023, the first global assessment of progress toward the goals of the Paris Agreement revealed a grim picture: the world is far off track. Despite record deployment of renewable energy, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions keep rising. As the world enters uncharted climatic territory, there is a heightened risk of crossing irreversible tipping points in
312-484: The environmental effect of a state's policies Ends per inch , the number of warp threads per inch of woven fabric Ethical positioning index , an index which measures how ethically a brand is positioned Exploding Plastic Inevitable , a series of multimedia events by Andy Warhol See also [ edit ] All pages with titles containing epi Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
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360-435: The 💕 (Redirected from Epi ) [REDACTED] Look up epi or epi- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. EPI or Epi may refer to: Science and technology [ edit ] Mathematics [ edit ] Epigraph (mathematics) Epimorphism Entropy power inequality , a result that relates to so-called "entropy power" of random variables Extreme physical information ,
384-519: The planet's climate system. Over time, the methodology for the EPI has been criticized for its arbitrary choice of metrics which could introduce bias, and its poor performance as an indicator for environmental sustainability. Additional criticisms center on the EPI's lack of specific policy suggestions, and the index's weighting biases against data deficient countries that has led to the overlooking of ecological progress in developing countries. In 2024, India
408-512: The pollution from pesticides and fertilizers in agriculture, the integrity of forest landscapes, and the use of destructive fishing methods — do so because their economies are stagnant and underdeveloped. Developing countries must be careful not to repeat the mistakes of nations that followed a dirty and unsustainable path to industrialization. On the other hand, rich countries need to decouple their consumption from environmental degradation and use their wealth to help developing countries leapfrog to
432-683: The poorest countries in the world outperform some of the richest. In this regard, factors other than wealth, such as investments in human development, rule of law, and regulatory quality, are stronger predictors of environmental performance. Wealth allows countries to make investments in the infrastructure required to provide clean drinking water, safely manage waste, and rapidly expand renewable energy. But wealth also leads to higher material consumption and its associated environmental impacts, such as higher rates of waste generation, GHG emissions, and ecosystem degradation. Many countries with high scores in some Ecosystem Vitality metrics — such as those measuring
456-460: The referenced database yields maps for each of EPI's partial indices (normalised to 0 … 100 ) and 3 Cons: CIESIN's EPI rather is an attempt to quantitatively represent the ecological performance of countries and companies; actual reasons for dysfunctionalities might need further research; EPI would be a more policy-relevant index. As a result of these criticisms, the number of EPI indicators has increased, and their weight has changed, to provide
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#1732843944336528-493: The world. In total, the 2024 EPI report incorporates 58 indicators to rank 180 countries on their progress at mitigating climate change , safeguarding ecosystem vitality , and promoting environmental health . This broad set of metrics is a powerful tool to track progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals , the climate mitigation targets in the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement , and
552-628: Was ranked at 176 in the list and rejected the low ranking. As per a statement issued by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), it claimed that several indicators used in the calculation were based on unfounded assumptions and unscientific methods. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe found 3 Pros: EPI provides an easily comparable index; EPI's ecosystem vitality scores are based on six constituent policy categories: water resources, agriculture, forests, fisheries, biodiversity and habitat, and climate and energy;
576-462: Was started in 2002 by World Economic Forum in association with the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy ( Yale University ) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network Earth Institute ( Columbia University ). The biennial EPI report harnesses the latest data sets, science, and technology to provide the most comprehensive assessment of the state of sustainability around
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